Abrocomes (Ancient Greek: Ὰβροκόμης) was a son of king Darius I of Persia and his wife Phratagune, who died with his full brother Hyperanthes in the battle of Thermopylae, while fighting over the body of Leonidas.[1][2]
| Abrocomes | |
|---|---|
| Died | Thermopylae, Greece |
| Father | Darius I of Persia |
| Mother | Phratagune |
References
edit- ^ Herodotus, Histories (Herodotus), vii.224
- ^ Smith, William (1867), "Abrocomes", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, p. 3, archived from the original on 2005-12-31, retrieved 2006-09-19
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