Otanes
historical figure · 2 works · 7 mentions · 20 anchored passages
Otanes son of Pharnaspes · Otanes son of Sisamnes · the Persian general Otanes
in the texts
The Histories
A well-born Persian who first detects the impostor Smerdis, organizes the conspiracy of seven, and later argues for popular rule in the constitutional debate.
To this his daughter replied:
Then Otanes sent a second message, to this effect:
When Otanes heard that, he saw more clearly how the matter stood;
The Rights of War and Peace
Persian noble in Herodotus's history, quoted defining absolute monarchy.
And in Herodutus, Otanes describes a monarch as one whose acts are not subject to controul.