Oeobazus
historical figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 5 anchored passages
a noble old man
in the texts
The Histories
A Persian father of three sons in Darius's army, whose request to spare one son leads instead to the deaths of all three.
but Darius told those whose job it was to execute all of Oeobazus ' sons.
Then the Persian Oeobazus, who had three sons, all with the army, asked Darius that one be left behind.
Among them there was a Persian named Oeobazus from Cardia, and he had carried the equipment of the bridges there.
On Anger
Noble old man who asked Darius to spare one of his three sons from war service; all three were killed instead
For when he had declared war on the Scythians who girdle the East, and was asked by Oeobazus, a noble old man, that of his three children one might be left as a comfort to the father, and that he might use the service of the other two, he promised more than was asked, said he would release them all to him, and threw them down slain before the eyes of their parent—being cruel had he carried them all off.