Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), P, Phanodēmus, Pharnabāzus

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Pharnabāzus

（Φαρνάβαζος). The son of Pharnaces, succeeding his father as satrap of the Persian provinces near the Hellespont. In B.C. 411 and the following years he rendered active assistance to the Lacedaemonians in their war against the Athenians. When Dercyllidas and, subsequently, Agesilaüs passed over into Asia to protect Asiatic Greeks against the Persian power, we find Pharnabazus connecting himself with Conon to resist the Lacedaemonians. In 374 Pharnabazus invaded Egypt in conjunction with Iphicrates; but the expedition failed, chiefly through the dilatory proceedings and the excessive caution of Pharnabazus. The character of Pharnabazus is eminently distinguished by generosity and openness. He has been charged, it is true, with the murder of Alcibiades; but the latter probably fell by the hands of others. See Alcibiades.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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