Mardonius biography of alberta
Mardonius biography of alberta
Mardonius biography of alberta college.
Mardonius
Mardonius (Old Persian Marduniya): name of several Persian noblemen, a.o. the commander of the Persian troops during two expeditions to Greece (492 and 480/479 BCE).
Youth
Mardonius was the son of Gobryas,note[Herodotus, Histories 6.43.] a Persian nobleman who had assisted the Achaemenid prince Darius when he claimed the throne.
Darius, Gobryas and five others had killed the Magian who had usurped the throne, Gaumâta, on September 29, 522 BCE. As usual, the alliance between the new king and his friend was cemented by diplomatic marriages: Darius married Gobryas' daughter,note[Herodotus, Histories 7.2.] and Gobryas married Darius' sister.note[Herodotus, Histories 7.5.] That Mardonius was the last-mentioned couple's firstborn son is very likely, because he has the same name as Gobryas' father (which is known from the Behistun inscription).
From a cuneiform tablet known as Persepolis Fortification tablet 684, we know that Mardonius was married to a w