SMERDIS

smûrˈdĭs, d. c.528 b.c., second son of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia. He is also called Bardiya. He was assassinated by his brother Cambyses II, who kept the murder a secret. Patizithes, the Magian custodian of Cambyses' palace, deposed Cambyses (who was campaigning in Egypt), put forward his own brother Guamata to impersonate Smerdis, and proclaimed him king. After a reign of seven months the false Smerdis was overthrown (521 b.c.) and slain. Darius I succeeded Guamata.

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On the War for Greek Freedom: Selections from the Histories
Book by Samuel Shirley, James Romm, Herodotus; Hackett, 2003
Subjects: Greece--History--Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C, Iran--History--To 640
...and had the same name as Cambysesroyal brother, Smerdis. In Herodotus account, a messenger from the Magi...royal power now resided not in Cambyses but in Smerdis-implying the royal Smerdis, Cambyses brother. But Cambyses had in fact had...
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History of Ancient Civilization
Book by Charles Seignobos, Arthur Herbert Wilde; Charles Scribners Sons, 1906
Subjects: Civilization--History, History, Ancient
...Cambyses, put to death his brother Smerdis and conquered Egypt. What occurred...before me. This Cambyses had a brother Smerdis, of the same father and the same mother. One day Cambyses killed Smerdis. When Cambyses had killed Smerdis the...
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Lectures on Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Taking of Alexandria by Octavianus: Comprising the History of the Asiatic Nations, the Egyptians, Greeks, Macedonians and Carthaginians - Vol. 1
Book by B. G. Niebuhr, Leonhard Schmitz; Taylor, Walton, and Maberly, 1852
Subjects: History, Ancient
...learned that a person calling himself Smerdis had come for ward at Ecbatana, and had...had recognised him as their king. This Smerdis was the brother of a Mede, whom Cambyses...and had a strong resemblance to the real Smerdis. Supported by his brother, who at once...
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The Myth of the Magus
Book by E. M. Butler; Cambridge University Press, 1948
Subjects: Magic--History
...had happened, he first believed that Smerdis had not been slain; but on being reassured...and was setting out to unmask the false Smerdis when he met with a fatal accident and...Cambyses death that he had not killed Smerdis, a deed which he now feared to acknowledge...
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Persia and the Greeks: The Defence of the West, C. 546- 478 B.C
Book by Andrew Robert Burn; St. Martins Press, 1962
Subjects: Greece--History--Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C
...According to him iii, 30 , the true Smerdis was killed by an emissary sent from Egypt...Cambyses having dreamed that he saw Smerdis sitting on the royal throne, and his...everyone believed that they came from Smerdis the son of Cyrus, including Cambyses...
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Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter. the Play of Ideas in Russian Enlightenment Theatre
Journal article by Nicholas Rzhevsky; Comparative Drama, Vol. 37, 2003
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Play of Ideas in Russian Enlightenment Theatre (Book)--Book reviews
...reviewer, A. A. Rzhevsky, demonstrated in his tragedy The False Smerdis (1769) some of the important lessons at issue by creating a dichotomy of heroic woman and base male. Smerdis, a "typical tyrant of the 18th century Russian stage" as Wirtschafter...
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The Tragedy of Law: Gyges in Herodotus and Plato
Journal article by Michael Davis; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 53, 2000
Subjects: Justice (Philosophy)--Analysis, Law--Philosophy, Metaphysics--Analysis, Plato--Philosophy, Republic (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...evident but is always the product of putting things together, he would not have assumed that a dream that told him that Smerdis was on the throne was altogether straightforward and unambiguous in its meaning (History 3.30). Benardete has noted that...


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Iran's 5,000 Years of Recorded History
Magazine article by Richard H. Curtiss; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XIV, April 30, 1996
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, Archaeology, Government, History, International relations, Iran
...Ottoman Turks, which ended 2,500 years later in 1918. After the death of Cyrus his unstable son, Cambyses II, did away with Smerdis, another son of Cyrus, and conquered Egypt. But then he committed suicide during a revolt led by a priest. After a period...


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encyclopedia articles on: Smerdis  - 6 results

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Smerdis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SMERDIS smur dis, d. c.528 b.c., second son of...forward his own brother Guamata to impersonate Smerdis, and proclaimed him king. After a reign of seven months the false Smerdis was overthrown (521 b.c.) and slain. Darius...
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Persia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Cambyses II, son of Cyrus, did away with Smerdis , another son of Cyrus, in order to have...into Egypt, an imposter claiming to be Smerdis appeared, and usurped the throne. A...Darius I , appeared against the false Smerdis and made his claims good. After putting...
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Cambyses
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ancient Persia (529 521 b.c.). He disposed of his brother Smerdis in order to gain unchallenged rule. He invaded Egypt, defeating...Africa were frustrated, and at home an impostor claiming to be Smerdis raised a revolt. Cambyses died, possibly by suicide, when...
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Darius I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...distant cousin of Cambyses II (see under Cambyses ), he succeeded to the throne after the fall of the impostor claiming to be Smerdis . The first years of his reign were spent in putting down revolts in Persia, Media, Babylonia, and the East. He then proved...
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Cyrus the Great
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...where he had built a splendid palace. At his death his son Cambyses succeeded him, despite the ambitions of another son, Smerdis . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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