Mazares

Mazares was around 542 BC, a standing in the service of the Achaemenid king Cyrus II Median army commander.

Life

When Cyrus II had left for the victory over Croesus with target Ecbatana, PAKTYES instigated in Lydia to a revolt against the Persian rule, and campaigned with the gold placed under his supervision an army. With this he proceeded to the siege of the governor appointed by Cyrus II in Sardis Tabalos.

When the Persian king learned of this uprising, the Medes Mazares went to his command with an army to Lydia to get PAKTYES as vividly as possible in the hands. The rebel first sought refuge in Kyme. Despite apparently two requests by an oracle to extradite PAKTYES, this was sent on his first retreat to Mytilene. This city is now negotiating Mazares on the terms of surrender of the fugitive who escaped but now to Chios. There, his trip but was too late, because the Islanders put him over at the cost of ownership of Atarneus the Persians.

Mazares himself died after his out revenge attacks against Priene and Magnesia on the Meander from an unknown disease.

Historical credibility

The remarks of Herodotus be of Hartmut pea critically evaluated because he believed that Herodotus was the inspiration of the report of Charon of Lampsacus and by Herodotus to a " moralizing novella was expanded. " Similarly already researched Wolfgang Aly in his investigations.