Inaros II.

Inaros II ( ancient Egyptian Iret - Heru ( rough), Eye of Horus, ancient Greek Ίνάρως ) is a pharaoh in the middle of the 5th century BC ..

Temporal classification

Lack of historical evidence in the past led to the identity of Inaros II for speculative assumptions and partly anachronistic links the historical figure of Inaros, hero of the demotic story The fight for the tank of Inaros, with the Inaros the Greek historian. Interim reviews of archaeological finds prove, however, that Inaros I. nomarch as an independent in the time of Assurbanipal had and the demotic narrative covers the period involved.

The reign of Inaros II translated the Greek historian during the Persian rule in about 460 BC. Thus Inaros was the son of Psammetichus IV and anti-king Artaxerxes I. He pushed 463/2 BC from the fortress Marea Nile Delta and proposed the satraps Achaemenes at Papremis. 460 BC, he brought the Egyptians to start a rebellion against the Persians and ruled apart from Memphis throughout Lower Egypt. As support, he won 459 BC the Athenians. Their company against the city started successfully. They sent a fleet and joined a Memphis. However, the siege of the city dragged on for years.

It was not until 456 BC, the Persians sent a relief army under Megabyzos which hit the besiegers, and in turn included the Athenians on the island of Prosopis. After draining a Nilarmes the Athenians burned their ships and finally had to surrender. Thus the rebellion of Inaros was also failed. He came through treachery in captivity and was later crucified in Persia.

An ostracon from Ain Manawir dated to the year 2 of the reign of a Inaros. Is uncertain, however, whether the person named in the ostracon is identical to the known from Greek sources.

Primary sources

• Thucydides 1.104; From 1.109 to 10.
• Herodotus 3.12; 7,7.