Achaemenes (satrap)

For other people named Achaemenes, see Achaemenes (disambiguation).
This article is about the satrap. For the Persian dynasty, see Achaemenids. For the Greek dynasty, see Alcmaeonids.
Achaemenes
Satrap of Egypt
Achaemenes was satrap of the Achaemenid Province of Egypt.
PredecessorPherendates
SuccessorArsames
Dynasty27th Dynasty
PharaohXerxes I and Artaxerxes I
FatherDarius I
MotherAtossa

Achaemenes (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 Haxāmaniš;[1] Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμένης Akhaiménēs, also incorrectly called Achaemenides by Ctesias) was an Achaemenid general and satrap of ancient Egypt during the early 5th century BC, at the time of the 27th Dynasty of Egypt.

  1. ^ M. A. Dandamayev, “Achaemenes,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/4, p. 414; an updated version is available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/achaemenes-greek