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	Iranica.com - HERODOTUS
		Phaidyme, the wife of Smerdis and daughter of Otanes, feels for the absent ears of her husband while he is making love to her in the dark (3.68-69); and so begins the story about the overthrow of the Magi.
		Otanes, the first to suspect the false king, has the central role in the conspiracy, and the circle of conspirators is enlarged in three stages.
		Thus Otanes ventured to organize a bloodbath against the male Samians as a retaliation for the assassination of a Persian envoy (3.147, 149).
	www.iranica.com /articles/v12f3/v12f3016f.html (5337 words)

	The Baldwin Project: Darius the Great by Jacob Abbott
		Otanes then sent a third time to his daughter, telling her that there was one remaining mode by which she might ascertain the truth, and that was, the next time that she visited the king, to feel for his ears when he was asleep.
		Otanes immediately made the case known to two of his friends, Persian nobles, who had, with him, suspected the imposture, and had consulted together before in respect to the means of detecting it.
		Otanes was now again disposed to postpone their attempt upon the life of the king.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=abbott&book=darius&story=smerdis (3530 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 63 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He was the first who suspected the imposture of Smerdis the Magian, and, when his suspicion was confirmed by the report of his daughter phaedima (one of the royal wives), he took the chief part in organizing the conspiracy against the pretender and his faction (b.c.
		After the slaughter of the Magians, Otanes, according to the statement in Herodotus, recommended the establishment of democracy, and, when his fellow-conspirators came to the resolution of retaining monarchy, he abandoned all pretensions to the throne on condition that himself and his descendants should be exempted from the royal authority.
		Not long after this, Otanes was placed in command of the Persian force which invaded Samos for the purpose of placing Syloson, brother of Polycrates, in the government ; and the act of the madman Charilaus in murdering a number of the most distinguished Persians provoked him to order an indiscriminate massacre of the Samians.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2397.html (956 words)

	Darius
		Otanes spoke first, and in favor of democracy in Persia.
		Otanes recommended that the management of public affairs should be entrusted to the whole nation.
		Otanes continued: "True it is that kings, possessing as they do all that heart can desire, ought to be void of envy; but the contrary is seen in their conduct towards the citizens.
	people.westminstercollege.edu /faculty/mmarkowski/212/3/Darius.htm (1151 words)

	Democracy of Darius
		And still to this day the family of Otanes continues to be the only free family in Persia; those who belong to it submit to the rule of the king only so far as they themselves choose; they are bound, however, to observe the laws of the land like the other Persians.
		The following were made common to them all: It was to be free to each, whenever he pleased, to enter the palace unannounced, unless the king were in the company of one of his wives; and the king was to be bound to marry into no family excepting those of the conspirators.
		And now Darius contracted marriages of the first rank, according to the notions of the Persians: to wit, with two daughters of Cyrus, Atossa and Artystone; of whom, Atossa had been twice married before, once to Cambyses, her brother, and once to the Magus, while the other, Artystone, was a virgin.
	www.earth-history.com /Persian/darius.htm (2777 words)

	Classics 258: Periclean Athens
		Phaedima therefore, Otanes' daughter, bent on accomplishing what she had promised her father, when her turn came, and she was taken to the bed of the Magus (in Persia a man's wives sleep with him in their turns), waited till he was sound asleep, and then felt for his ears.
		When Otanes therefore laid his reasons before them they at once came into his views; and it was agreed that each of the three should take as companion in the work the Persian in whom he placed the greatest confidence.
		Otanes and his party said they must certainly put off the business, and not make the attack when affairs were in such a ferment.
	instruct1.cit.cornell.edu /courses/classics258/reading/Hdt.htm (12724 words)

	Herodotus' Inquiries, Book 3: installment 17
		That Otanes was the first to suspect the Magus, that he was not Smerdis, the son of Cyrus, but the very one who he was, by reckoning in this way, that he wouldn’t go out of the acropolis and that he wouldn’t call to his sight any of the Persians to speak of.
		Then indeed that Phaidymia, Otanes’ daughter, was bringing to completion all that she had promised to her father and, when her turn was come about for coming into the Magus (for indeed in rotation do their women go into the Persians), on coming.
		Otanes for his part bade put down their affairs in the midst of the Persians and said this: “It seems good to me for one of us no longer to become monarch, since it’s neither pleasant nor good.
	www.losttrails.com /pages/Tales/Inquiries/Herodotus_17.html (3728 words)

	The Baldwin Project: Fifty Famous People by James Baldwin
		When Otanes was twelve years old, his parents wished to send him to a distant city to study in a famous school that was there.
		Otanes answered, "I have already told two of your [100] men that I have forty pieces of gold in my hat.
		Otanes, in time, became one of the famous men of his country.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=baldwin&book=people&story=robbers (478 words)

	Relatives of D.T. Rogers(b. 1943) - pafg503 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Princess Atossa of Anshan [Parents] was born in 600 BC.
		Otanes of Persia Prince [Parents] was born in 575 BC.
		Prince Otanes II of Persia [Parents] was born in 535 BC.
	www.geocities.com /dantrogers/pafg503.htm (239 words)

	Herodotus: Book Three
		Otanes' daughter is one of Smerdis' wives; Otanes uses her access to Smerdis in bed to determine that Smerdis has no ears, which proves he is Smerdis the Magian and not Smerdis the son of Cyrus (68-69).
		Darius and Otanes debate whether to strike at once, which Darius favors, or to wait, which seems better to Otanes.
		Otanes argues that monarchy is the worst form of government because absolute power corrupts absolutely, and he proposes to institute the rule of the Many, characterized by the principle of isonomia 'equality before the law' (80).
	academic.reed.edu /humanities/Hum110/Hdt/Hdt3.html (744 words)

	Sweet Chariot: the story of the spirituals
		OchÃºnâs otanes come from riverbottoms and the banks of freshwater tributaries; those of Ochossi, the hunter king, come from inside the forest; the ritual stones of ChangÃ³ are meteorites (thunderstones) or from the mountainous places where his energy is said to be strongest; and so on.
		These otanes, once identified and collected for ritual purposes, are specifically consecrated with songs, sacrifices, prayers, and words of blessing and power from the communityâs priestesses and priests.
		Most otanes are consecrated for individual devotees, linking their personal spiritual energy with that of the orishas who protect them and signifying that link through the stone.
	ctl.du.edu /spirituals/Religion/otanes.cfm (1410 words)

	The Action Plan for Australian Butterflies - Ogyris otanes
		SAC (1991) determined that 'the taxon is in a demonstrable state of decline which is likely to result in extinction' [with the note that 'the known populations were later wiped out by unscrupulous collectors'], 'significantly prone to future threats which are likely to result in extinction', and 'very rare in terms of abundance and distribution'.
		Research on the abundance, distribution and ecology of Choretrum and the relationship of its density to the butterfly is also advocated, possibly as a graduate student project.
		otanes over three seasons, for which costs could be shared by conjoint surveys for O.
	www.deh.gov.au /biodiversity/threatened/action/butterfly/species/183.html (1140 words)

	Otanes
		Otanes (Old Persian Utâna): Persian nobleman, one of the seven conspirators who killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta and helped
		But there may be more than meets the eye: perhaps Otanes was a rival candidate to the Persian throne.
		That the king trusted Otanes, is also suggested by the fact that he ordered his father-in-law, who was probably serving as satrap of
	www.livius.org /on-oz/otanes/otanes.html (838 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 229 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		PHAEDIMA (ai5ff«7), a Persian lady, daugh ter of Otanes*, was one of the wives of Cambyses and of Smerdis the Magian.
		Instigated by her father, she discovered one night, while he was asleep, that Smerdis had lost his ears ; and thus she con firmed the suspicion of Otanes, that he was not as he pretended to be, Smerdis, the son of Cyrus.
		68, 69.) [otanes.] [E. (*atoijios), the name of two mythical personages, the one a son of Amphion and Niobe (Apollod.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2563.html (999 words)

	Book 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Megabyzus spoke next, and advised the setting up of an oligarchy:- "In all that Otanes has said to persuade you to put down monarchy," he observed, "I fully concur; but his recommendation that we should call the people to power seems to me not the best advice.
		The following were made common to them all:- It was to be free to each, whenever he pleased, to enter the palace unannounced, unless the king were in the company of one of his wives; and the king was to be bound to marry into no family excepting those of the conspirators.
		After some time, however, this same general Otanes was induced to repeople it by a dream which he had, and a loathsome disease that seized on him.
	www.herodotuswebsite.co.uk /Text/book3b.htm (11845 words)

	D'eshkar: Art
		Cishpi the rug merchant, head of the second most prosperous House of rug merchants in D`eshkar, had finally put into motion the plan he had spent long hours devising alone in his study in the dark hours of the night.
		Of course, Ardak must be dealt with, but that House had always run third to his and Otanes, and most like would be satisfied with moving up a step with the elimination of a rival.
		Otanes had died leaving the last third of the pages blank.
	webpages.charter.net /asgorath/desh16.html (1219 words)

	Amestris
		Amestris was the daughter of Otanes, one of the seven conspirators who killed the Persian rebel king Gaumâta (September 22, 522 BCE).
		According to the Greek researcher Herodotus (fifth century), Otanes was honored with a diplomatic marriage.
		The new king married Otanes' daughter Phaedymia, and Otanes married a sister of Darius, who gave birth to Amestris.
	www.livius.org /am-ao/amestris/amestris.htm (478 words)

	Herodotus - The Histories - Page 468
		There was a man called Otanes, the son of Pharnaspes, who for rank and wealth was equal to the greatest of the Persians.
		This Otanes was the first to suspect that the Magus was not Smerdis the son of Cyrus, and to figure out who he really was.
		He was led to guess the truth by the king never leaving the citadel, and never calling before him any of the Persian nobleman.
	www.galileolibrary.com /ebooks/eu04/herodotus_page_468.htm (181 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Otanes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Otanes; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Otanes (995 words)

	Darius I * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Kambyses ruled for seven years and five months and after his death, the throne of the Persian Empire was temporally usurped by a Mede named Smerdis.
		Darius and six other Persians attacked and killed Smerdis and thus regained the throne; the other six Persians involved in the revolt were: Gobryas, Otanes, Intaphrenes, Megabyzus and Aspathines and Hydarnes (sometimes they are listed as: Vindapana, Utana, Gaubaruwa, Vidarna, Bagabukhsa and Ardumanis).
		After taking the throne, Darius brought the Persian Empire to new levels of organization and Herodotus carefully documented Darius’ effective and efficient system of taxation; because of his obsession with organization, the Persians referred to Darius as The Huckster.
	www.bonus.com /contour/Greek_Mythology/http@@/www.messagenet.com/myths/ppt/Darius_I_1.html (542 words)

	Classics Corner
		After a few days of glorious anarchy, those pesky constitutional issues associated with major transfers of power inevitably arose.
		Otanes, the Democrat of the bunch, opens the discussion.
		"There is nothing stupider," he says, "than a useless mob." He agrees with Otanes that Monarchy "is neither pleasant nor good," but would rather see power held by people a little more like himself.
	www.realchangenews.org /pastissuesupgrade/2002_06_27/classics/classics_corner.html (485 words)

	Otanes * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Otanes * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		The son of Pharnaspes and one of the richest men in the Persian Empire; he was one of the seven Persians who successfully mounted the revolt which deposed the usurper, Smerdis, from the throne of the Persian Empire.
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	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Otanes_1.html (213 words)

	Herodotus: Book Five
		Darius is persuaded and summons Histiaeus; he proposes to take him to Susa as his close adviser, and Histiaeus agrees (24).
		How Otanes' father had been brutally murdered by Cambyses for taking judicial bribes; Cambyses made Otanes sit as judge on a chair made of his father's skin.
		Conquests of Otanes include Byzantium and Chalcedon; Lemnos and Imbros taken with help of Lesbian navy (25-6).
	academic.reed.edu /humanities/Hum110/Hdt/Hdt5.html (2498 words)

	Making a Name Change or Choosing a Baby Name - What you need to know about name meanings
		The name Otanes creates the urge to be self-expressive and happy, but we point out that it causes procrastination and lack of confidence, and thus you are unable to realize your goals and ambitions.
		This name, when combined with the last name, can frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses in the liver, bloodstream, and fluid systems.
		You appreciate the company of others, to the point that you do not like to be by yourself for very long.
	www.kabalarians.com /female/otanes.htm (421 words)

	Ahasbai (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		Amestris is said to have been the daughter of Otanes, a distinguished general of Xerxes, and the grand-daughter of Sisamnes, a notorious judge, who was put to death with great cruelty by the king because of malfeasance in office.
		If he were the brother and Otanes the nephew of Mordecai, we can easily account for the ease with which the latter and has ward Esther, were advanced and confirmed in their Positions at the court, of Xerxes.
		An Ahasuerus is mentioned in Ezra 4:6, as one to whom some persons unnamed wrote an accusation against Judah and Jerusalem.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/297 (723 words)

	Herodotus: Book 3: Thaleia: 70
		Then Otanes took to him Aspathines and Gobryas, who were leading men among the Persians and also his own most trusted friends, and related to them the whole matter: and they, as it then appeared, had suspicions also themselves that it was so; and when Otanes reported this to them, they readily accepted his proposals.
		Then it was resolved by them that each one should associate with himself that man of the Persians whom he trusted most; so Otanes brought in Intaphrenes, Gobryas brought in Megabyzos, and Aspathines brought in Hydarnes.
		When they had thus become six, Dareios the son of Hystaspes arrived at Susa, having come from the land of Persia, for of this his father was governor.
	www.sacred-texts.com /cla/hh/hh3070.htm (2133 words)

	THE BOY AND THE ROBBERS [short story by James Baldwin]
		When Otanes was twelve years old, his parents wished to send him to
		At length the chief of the band called to Otanes and said, "Young
		Otanes answered, "I have already told two of your men that I have forty
	www.readbookonline.net /read/141/4104 (429 words)

	Politics
		The rule of the majority has the most beautiful name of all: equality under the law (isonomiê)…the holders of magistracies are selected by lot and are held accountable for their actions.
		I predict that we will give up monarchy and replace it with democracy.
		Otanes' analysis of democracy is obviously drawn from the model of the Athenian democracy, which Herodotus had visited in his travels.
	depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /classics/dunkle/athnlife/politics.htm (3685 words)

	Herodotus: Book 3: Thaleia: 80
		When the tumult had subsided and more than five days had elapsed, those who had risen against the Magians began to take counsel about the general state, and there were spoken speeches which some of the Hellenes do not believe were really uttered, but spoken they were nevertheless.
		On the one hand Otanes urged that they should resign the government into the hands of the whole body of the Persians, and his words were as follows: "To me it seems best that no single one of us should henceforth be ruler, for that is neither pleasant nor profitable.
		Ye saw the insolent temper of Cambyses, to what lengths it went, and ye have had experience also of the insolence of the Magian: and how should the rule of one alone be a well-ordered thing, seeing that the monarch may do what he desires without rendering any account of his acts?
	www.sacred-texts.com /cla/hh/hh3080.htm (1846 words)

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