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ACHAEMENES (HAKHAMANI)

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ACHAEMENES (HAKHAMANI) , the See also:eponymous ancestor of the royal See also:house of See also:Persia, the Achaemenidae, " a See also:clan cppirrprl of the See also:Pasargadae " (See also:Herod. i. 125), the leading See also:Persian tribe. According to See also:Darius in the See also:Behistun inscription and Herod. iii. 75, II, he was the See also:father of Teispes, the See also:great-grandfather of See also:Cyrus. Cyrus himself, in his See also:proclamation to the Babylonians after the See also:conquest of See also:Babylon, does not mention his name. Whether he really was a See also:historical personage, or merely the mythical ancestor of the See also:family, cannot be decided. According to See also:Aelian (His'. anim. xii. 21), he was bred by an See also:eagle. We learn from Cyrus's proclamation that Teispes and his successors had become See also:kings of Anshan, i.e. a See also:part of See also:Elam (Susiana), where they ruled as vassals of the Median kings, until Cyrus the Great in 550 B.C. founded the Persian See also:empire. After the See also:death of See also:Cambyses, the younger See also:line of the Achaemenidae came to the See also:throne with Darius, the son of See also:Hystaspes, who was, like Cyrus, the great-See also:grandson of Teispes. Cyrus, Darius and all the later kings of Persia See also:call themselves Achaemenides (Hakhamanishiya). With Darius III.

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dynasty becameextinct and the Persian empire came to an end (330). The See also:adjective Achaemenius is used by the Latin poets as the See also:equivalent of " Persian " (See also:Horace, Odes, ii. 12, 21). See PERSIA. The name Achaemenes is See also:borne by a son of Darius I., See also:brother of See also:Xerxes. After the first See also:rebellion of See also:Egypt, he became See also:satrap of Egypt (484 B.C.); he commanded the Persian See also:fleet at See also:Salamis, and was (46o B.C.) defeated and slain by Inarus, the See also:leader of the second rebellion of Egypt.

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