Bagoas (courtier)

For the elder Bagoas, poisoner of Artaxerxes III and Arses, see Bagoas.
Bagoas pleads on behalf of Nabarzanes, by Master of the Jardin de vertueuse consolation and assistant (Flemish, active 3rd quarter of 15th century). (1450–1475)

Bagoas (Old Persian: Bagāvahyā; Ancient Greek: Βαγώας, Bagōas) was a eunuch in the court of the Persian Empire in the 4th century BC.[1][2] Bagoas was a courtier of Darius III[a][3] and later of Alexander the Great.[4] He is mentioned in just three surviving sources, but his existence is now generally accepted, and as distinct from Bagoas the Elder, who attempted to assassinate Darius III.[5]

  1. ^ Athanaeus.
  2. ^ Rufus 1714, p. 78, Book II, Chapter I.
  3. ^ Aelianus 1670.
  4. ^ Rufus 1714, p. 169, Book X, Chapter I.
  5. ^ McIlvain 2020.


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