AchaemenicaAn Encyclopaedia of the Achaemenid Persian Empire

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
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