Abrocomes
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Abrocomes was a son of king Darius I of Persia and his wife Phratagune, who died with his full brother Hyperanthes
in the battle of Thermopylae
, while fighting over the body of Leonidas.
Hyperanthes
Hyperanthes was a son of Darius the Great of Persia and brother to Xerxes I. He was present in the second invasion of Greece in 480 BC. According to Herodotus, he fought and died alongside his other brother Abrocomes in the battle of Thermopylae in the final phase known as the "Battle of...
in the battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August...
, while fighting over the body of Leonidas.
Other sources
- The history of Herodotus, Volume 2 at Project Gutenburg