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  • Persians who are called “Immortals,” except only their commander Hydarnes (for Hydarnes said that he would not be left behind by the king), and after them of the other Persians those who wore cuirasses, and the body of a thousand horse: also the Medes,

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • The Arians1049 were equipped with Median bows, and in other respects like the Bactrians: and of the Arians Sisamnes the son of Hydarnes was in command.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Lysagoras the son of Tisias, who was by race of Paros, for having accused him to Hydarnes the Persian.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Persians the general was Hydarnes the son of Hydarnes; and these

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Hydarnes and the men of whom Hydarnes was commander; 1204 and they set forth from the camp about the time when the lamps are lit.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • This combat went on throughout the day: 211, and when the Medes were being roughly handled, then these retired from the battle, and the Persians, those namely whom the king called “Immortals,” of whom Hydarnes was commander, took their place and came to the attack, supposing that they at least would easily overcome the enemy.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Epialtes and Hydarnes made no account of the Phokians, but descended the mountain with all speed.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Hydarnes, can you raise me an escort of sober, middle-aged Medes?

    The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

  • His pretence for this attack was, that the Parians had furnished a trireme to Datis for the Persian fleet at Marathon; but his real motive (so Herodotus assures us) was vindictive animosity against a Parian citizen named Lysagoras, who had exasperated the Persian general Hydarnes against him.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various

  • A Persian general, named Hydarnes, was sent off at night-fall with a detachment to secure this passage, and was guided through the thick forests that clothed the hillside.

    Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906

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