Opinion on him is divided.[citation needed] Some state that Ctesias's whole history of the Assyrian and Median empires is absolutely fabulous; his Arbaces and his successors are not historical personages.[1] Mahmoud Omidsalar suggests that "the very fact that all but one of the kings in Ctesias's list are not historical implies that these kings were legendary rulers who belonged to the ancient Iranian lore, and records of their exploits existed in some written form in the fifth century BC"[2]
Others cite the inscriptions of Sargon II of Assyria, from which it is known that one Arbaku of Arnashia was one of forty-five chiefs of Median districts who paid tribute to Sargon in 713 BC.[1] He was a satrap, who conspired against Sardanapalus, and founded the empire of Media on the ruins of the Assyrian kingdom.[3]
Arbaces or Arbaku is also the Akkadian spelling for the name of the 6th Century BC Median general, Harpagus.
^Omidsalar, Mahmoud (16 November 2011). Poetics and Politics of Iran's National Epic, the Shahnameh. Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 35–36. ISBN978-0230113459.
^Brewer, E. Cobham (1894), "Arbaces", Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
arbaces, alix, comics, character, arbacès, protagonist, jacobean, play, king, king, king, king, name, more, than, person, classical, antiquity, contents, founder, median, empire, median, commander, notes, external, linksfounder, median, empire, editaccording, . For the Alix comics character see Arbaces For the protagonist of the Jacobean play A King and No King see A King and No King Arbaces was the name of more than one person of classical antiquity Contents 1 Founder of Median empire 2 Median commander 3 Notes 3 1 External linksFounder of Median empire editAccording to Ctesias Arbaces was one of the generals of Sardanapalus king of Assyria and founder of the Median empire about 830 BC 1 Opinion on him is divided citation needed Some state that Ctesias s whole history of the Assyrian and Median empires is absolutely fabulous his Arbaces and his successors are not historical personages 1 Mahmoud Omidsalar suggests that the very fact that all but one of the kings in Ctesias s list are not historical implies that these kings were legendary rulers who belonged to the ancient Iranian lore and records of their exploits existed in some written form in the fifth century BC 2 Others cite the inscriptions of Sargon II of Assyria from which it is known that one Arbaku of Arnashia was one of forty five chiefs of Median districts who paid tribute to Sargon in 713 BC 1 He was a satrap who conspired against Sardanapalus and founded the empire of Media on the ruins of the Assyrian kingdom 3 Arbaces or Arbaku is also the Akkadian spelling for the name of the 6th Century BC Median general Harpagus Median commander editAnother Arbaces was a commander in the army of Artaxerxes II of Persia which fought against his brother Cyrus the Younger in 401 BC He was satrap of Media 4 Notes edit a b c Meyer 1911 p 322 Omidsalar Mahmoud 16 November 2011 Poetics and Politics of Iran s National Epic the Shahnameh Palgrave MacMillan pp 35 36 ISBN 978 0230113459 Brewer E Cobham 1894 Arbaces Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Xenophon Anabasis 1 7 12 7 8 25 External links edit Harpagus according to Livius Archived 2013 07 31 at the Wayback Machine nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Meyer Eduard 1911 Arbaces In Chisholm Hugh ed Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 2 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 322 nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Smith William 1870 Arbaces In Smith William ed Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Vol 1 p 256 nbsp This Ancient Greek biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arbaces amp oldid 1174071113, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
