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[[Image:A Persian nobleman.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A [[Persian people|Persian]] noble man in [[Perspolis]] rock reliefs of [[Persia]]/[[Iran]], probably Otanes.]]

'''Otanes''' ([[Persian language|Old Persian]] Utāna): [[Persian Empire|Persian]] nobleman, one of the seven conspirators who killed the [[Magian]] usurper [[Gaumâta|Gaumāta]] and helped [[Darius I]] the Great become king ([[29 September]] [[522 BC]]). Several years later, he added the [[Greece|Greek]] island [[Samos Island|Samos]] to the [[Achaemenid]] empire.

In March 522, a Magian named Gaumāta seized power in the [[Achaemenid]] empire, claiming to be the brother of the legitimate king [[Cambyses]], [[Smerdis]]. Gaumāta could do this, because Smerdis had been killed secretly. Immediately, Cambyses advanced to the usurper, but he died before he reached Persia; the false Smerdis was able to rule for several months.

According to the Greek researcherhistorian [[Herodotus]], Otanes, the brother of the mother of Cambyses and the real Smerdis, was the first to become suspicious of the false [[Smerdis]]. From his daughter [[Phaedymia]], who was married to the king, he learned that Smerdis was in reality a [[Magian]]. On hearing this news, Otanes invited [[Aspathines]] and [[Gobryas]] to discuss the usurpation. Together, they decided to invite three other conspirators: [[Hydarnes]], [[Intaphrenes]] and [[Megabyzus (desambiguaction)|Megabyzus]]. They were still makin(contracted; show full)[[ca:Otanes (noble)]]
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