Ariomardus

Ariomardus was the name of a number of people from classical antiquity:

• A son of the Persian King Darius I and his wife Parmys.[1] He attended Xerxes I into Greece, being in command of the Moschi and Tibareni.[2][3]
• The brother of Artuphius, who commanded the Caspii in the army of Xerxes I.[4]
• The ruler of Thebes in Egypt, and one of the commanders of the Egyptians in the army of Xerxes.[5]

References

1. Lendering, J: "Parmys", in http://www.livius.org
2. Crabb, George (1825). Universal Historical Dictionary. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. p. 108. Retrieved 25 July 2015. ARIOMARDUS (Hist) 'Apiépapdoc, a son of Darius, who attended Xerxes into Greece. Herod. l. 7, c. 78. ARIOMAZES (Hist).
3. Herodotus, Histories vii, 78
4. Herodotus, Histories vii, 67
5. Aeschylus, The Persians 38, 313.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Ariomardus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

Further reading

• The history of Herodotus, Volume 2 at Project Gutenberg