Artaphernes (emissary)
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Artaphernes (emissary)
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Artaphernes was a man of ancient Persia who lived in the 5th century BCE who was sent by king Artaxerxes I in 425 BCE with a letter to Sparta. While he passed through Eion on the Strymon River, he was arrested by Aristeides, the son of Archippus, and carried to Athens, where the letter of his king was opened and translated. It contained a complaint of the king, that owing to the many and discrepant messages the Spartans had sent to him, he did not know what they wanted; and he therefore requeste
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Ancient Persian diplomat sent to Sparta in an anecdote of Thucydides
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaphernes_(emissary)
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2024-03-29T04:53:18Z
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