Person
Otanes
helper of Darius I in 522 BCE
One of the six Persians Darius I names as his helpers in 522 BCE. Herodotus makes him the first detector of the supposed imposture and later gives him the democratic speech in the Constitutional Debate.
- Date
- fl. 522 BCE
- Other names
- Utāna
- Groups
- The Seven Commanders and nobles
- Record status
- Secure identification
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Attested in
- Herodotus in The Seven
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