Amorges
historical figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
the king's runaway slave, Amorges
in the texts
History of the Peloponnesian War
Illegitimate son of Pisuthnes in revolt against the Persian king from his base at Iasus; captured by the Peloponnesians and handed to Tissaphernes.
On their arrival, Tissaphernes came to them with his land forces, and persuaded them to sail against Iasus, in which Amorges their enemy maintained himself.
and either take alive, or put to death, as the king had commanded him to do, Amorges, the natural son of Pisuthnes, who was in rebellion on the coast of Caria.
Amorges, who was a natural son of Pissuthnes, and had revolted from the king, the Peloponnesians took prisoner, and delivered him up to Tissaphernes to lead away to the king, if he pleased, according to his orders.
On the Peace with Sparta
A runaway slave of the Persian king who persuaded Athens to abandon its accord with Persia in favor of an alliance with him, provoking Persian retaliation.
But later the king’s runaway slave, Amorges, induced us to discard the powerful support of his master as worthless.