AchaemenicaAn Encyclopaedia of the Achaemenid Persian Empire

Person

Hydarnes

son of Hydarnes; commander of the Immortals in 480 BCE

The Hydarnes who commanded the Immortals in Xerxes I's invasion and led the flanking march at Thermopylae. He is probably, but not certainly, the son of the conspirator of 522 BCE.

Date
fl. 480 BCE
Other names
Hydarnes · Hydarnes son of Hydarnes · Vidarna
Groups
Commanders and nobles
Record status
Secure identification

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Connections

Child of
Hydarnes helper of Darius I in 522 BCE; later satrap of Media probable Pierre Briant 2002

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