Oroetes
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 10 anchored passages
the barbarian
in the texts
The Histories
Persian governor of Sardis who treacherously murders and crucifies Polycrates of Samos out of envy or grudge, later commits further crimes against Persian officials, and is finally killed on Darius's orders by Bagaeus' trick.
“Oroetes addresses Polycrates as follows:
King Darius forbids you to be Oroetes ' guard.
“King Darius instructs the Persians in Sardis to kill Oroetes.
On Moral Ends
Satrap of Darius who executed Polycrates
if wise, not even then was he wretched, when he was driven onto the cross by Oroetes, the satrap of Darius.
Orations
Persian satrap who killed Polycrates by impalement.
but wishing to meddle with something beyond it too, and having sailed across to Oroetes, that he might get money, he met not even an easy death, but was impaled by the barbarian and destroyed.