Artabanus

As Artabanus warns Darius to no avail: Do not make war against the Scythians — a swiftly mobile and nomadic people without cities or sown land, who offer no focal point of attack for a large, well-equipped army.

A Historian For Our Time 2007

Again, it is Artabanus who tells the king sagely, “Life gives us greater occasion for pity than this,” for as short as life is, there are disasters that make it seem long, and make us wish we were dead.

A Historian For Our Time 2007

As Artabanus warns Darius to no avail: Do not make war against the Scythians — a swiftly mobile and nomadic people without cities or sown land, who offer no focal point of attack for a large, well-equipped army.

A Historian For Our Time 2007

Again, it is Artabanus who tells the king sagely, “Life gives us greater occasion for pity than this,” for as short as life is, there are disasters that make it seem long, and make us wish we were dead.

A Historian For Our Time 2007

Then Xerxes broke up the meeting, but the advice of Artabanus “disquieted him.”

Egonomics David Marcum 2007

Artabanus then reminded Xerxes of the severe problems Persia had had fighting the Greeks, and the current lack of legitimacy for another war.

Egonomics David Marcum 2007

When I heard the advice of Artabanus, my young blood suddenly boiled; and I spoke words against him little befitting his years; now however I confess my fault, and am resolved to follow his counsel.

Egonomics David Marcum 2007

Artabanus backed down; in fact, he said he had the same dream himself.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

Artabanus and Mardonius each advanced powerful arguments.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

Herodotus describes a remarkable conversation at the Hellespont in the spring of 480 B.C. between a skeptical Artabanus and a confident Xerxes.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004