Hystaspes
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Hystaspes son of Arsames
in the texts
Stromata
Figure whose writings are cited as containing prophecy of the Son of God and of kings hostile to Christ.
and taking Hystaspes, read, and you shall find the Son of God written of far more luminously and plainly, and how many kings shall set their array against Christ, hating him and those who bear his name and his faithful ones, and his patience, and his coming.
The Histories
Achaemenid noble, father of Darius, whom Cyrus confronts over his dream and who departs for Persia to watch his son.
Persia to watch his son for Cyrus;
So then Hystaspes replied with this:
From this vision, there is no way that he is not plotting against me.