Back آريابيجنز Arabic Ariabignes German Αριαβίγνης Greek آریابیگنه Persian Ariabignès French אריאביגנס HE Ariabigne Italian Ариабигн Russian Ориёбигна Tajik
Ariabignes | |
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| Old Persian: Ariyabigna Greek: Ἀριαβίγνης | |
.jpg) Ariabignes' death depicted in William Rainey's Death of the Persian Admiral at Salamis (1910) | |
| Died | September 480 BC |
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| Relatives | Xerxes I (brother) Gobryas (grandfather) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Achaemenid Empire |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Battles/wars | Second Persian invasion of Greece, Battle of Salamis |
Ariabignes[pronunciation?] (Old Persian: Ariyabigna, Greek: Ἀριαβίγνης) was one of the sons of the Persian king Darius I and his mother was a daughter of Gobryas (Γοβρύας).[1] He participated in the Second Persian invasion of Greece, as one of the four admirals of the fleet of his brother Xerxes I, and was killed in the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC.[2][3] Ariabignes was the commander of the Carian and Ionian forces.[4]
- ^ Herodotus Book 7: Polymnia, 97"Ariabignes, who was the son of Dareios and of the daughter of Gobryas"
- ^ Herodotus Book 8: Urania, 89"...there was slain the commander Ariabignes, son of Dareios and brother of Xerxes,..."
- ^ Herodotus Book 7: Polymnia, 97"Of the naval force the following were commanders,--Ariabignes the son of Dareios,..."
- ^ Herodotus Book 7: Polymnia, 97"of the Ionian and Carian force Ariabignes, who was the son of Dareios and of the daughter of Gobryas"
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