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Bardiya

Bardiya or Smerdis (Old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 Bardiya; Ancient Greek: Σμέρδις Smérdis; possibly died 522 BCE), also named as Tanyoxarces (Old Persian: *Tanūvazraka; Ancient Greek: Τανυοξάρκης Tanuoxárkēs) by Ctesias, was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both Persian kings. There are sharply divided views on his life. Bardiya…

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Traditional view

DariusSatrapEgyptSusaPrexaspes
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Name and sources

Behistun inscriptionPersianHerodotusGreekAlcaeus
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ShahbaziDandamayevPhaidymeNebuchadnezzar III
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Aftermath

MaraphiiParmysBabyloniaMagian
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Burial
522 BC
Dynasty
Achaemenid (Teispid)
Father
Cyrus the Great
Issue
Parmys
Mother
Cassandane
Predecessor
Cambyses II

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Bardiya

Nodes66
Edges65
Triples94
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030303
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related to Name and sources · 23
Bardiya → Aeschylus, Alcaeus, Anacreon, Asiatic, Bardia, Ctesias, Gaumāta, Great's Behistun, Greek, Herodotus, In Darius, In English-language, Justin, Merdis, Mergis, Persian, Smerdies, Smerdis, Sphendadates, Tanooxares
related to Traditional view · 23
Bardiya → According, As, Behistun, Cambyses, Cambyses II, Ctesias, Cyrus, Darius, Egypt, Ethiopian, Gaumata/Pseudo-Smerdis/Sphendadates, Great, Herodotus, However, In Greek, Justin, Latin, Most, Persia, Prexaspes
related to Bardiya in fiction · 15
Bardiya → An, Creation, Darius, Gore Vidal, Great, In, Jorge Luis Borges, Magian Smerdis, Orbis Tertius, Persian, Smerdis, The, This, Tlön, Uqbar
related to Aftermath · 13
Bardiya → Aeschylus, Darius, Great, In, King Maraphis, Maraphii, Old Persian, Parmys, Perhaps, Persia, Persian, The, Vahyazdāta
related to Modern view · 10
Bardiya → Cyrus, Dandamayev, Darius, Gaumata, However, Most, Nebuchadnezzar III, Phaidyme, Shahbazi, There
Burial · 1
Bardiya → 522 BC
Dynasty · 1
Bardiya → Achaemenid (Teispid)
Father · 1
Bardiya → Cyrus the Great
Issue · 1
Bardiya → Parmys
Mother · 1
Bardiya → Cassandane

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darius cambyses smerdis sphendadates persian king ctesias name throne tanyoxarces great seven brother cyrus herodotus sources 522 greek death egypt

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BardiyaBurial522 BC1.00infobox
BardiyaDynastyAchaemenid (Teispid)1.00infobox
BardiyaFatherCyrus the Great1.00infobox
BardiyaIssueParmys1.00infobox
BardiyaMotherCassandane1.00infobox
BardiyaPredecessorCambyses II1.00infobox
BardiyaReign522 BC1.00infobox
BardiyaReligionZoroastrianism1.00infobox
BardiyaSpousePhaedymia1.00infobox
BardiyaSuccessorDarius the Great1.00infobox
Bardiyarelated to AftermathIn0.60section
Bardiyarelated to AftermathVahyazdāta0.60section

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