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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.]]

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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 [[Lydia]], to conquer the Greek island Samos (c.[[517 BC]]). This island had been without strong leader since an earlier Lydian satrap, Oroetus, had executed [[Polycrates]] of Samos. Its new, pro-Persian ruler, was to be a man named [[Syloson]]. Herodotus tells us:

As for Samos, the [[
Persia|Persians]] took the entire population like fish in a drag-net, and presented Syloson with an empty island. Some years later, however, Otanes contracted some sort of disease of the genital organs and that, in conjunction with a dream he had, induced him to repopulate the place.
    Histories 3.149;
    tr. [[Aubrey de Sélincourt]]

This is the last piece of information about Otanes. In [[513 BC]], a new satrap was appointed in Lydia, [[Artaphernes]]. Probably, Otanes had died.

Otanes had a son [[Patiramphes]], who served as the driver of the [[chariot]] of King [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]] during his campaign to [[Greece]]. As we have already seen above, Otanes was probably also the father of Xerxes' first wife, queen [[Amestris]].

==References==
*''This entry incorporates public domain text originally by Jona Lendering ©.''

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[[Category:Characters in Herodotus]]

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