Γωβρύας
Gobryas
Translated by David Whitehead4 Aug 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
A proper name.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γωβρύας· ὄνομα κύριον.
Betacode
*gwbru/as: o)/noma ku/rion.
Notes
- That of several high-ranking Persians prominent in the C6 and C5 BCE, such as one of the seven regicides in Herodotus 3.70-79 (web address 1), who advised Darius against the Scythian campaign (Herodotus 4.132 and 134; web address 2 and web address 3). Also one of Darius's sons (Herodotus 7.72; web address 4); and a Persian general in Xenophon's Anabasis (1.7.12, web address 5).
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (640).