Amorges
For the Scythian king Amorges, see Amyrgians.
Amorges (Greek: Ἀμόργης), son of the Persian satrap Pissouthnes (Πισσούθνης), was the leader of a Carian rebellion in 413 BC. He was captured by Tissaphernes and executed in 412 BC.
Sources
- Andocides, On the Peace with Sparta 3, 29.
- Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War VIII 5, 19, 28, 54.
External links
- Jona Lendering: Amorges, in: Livius.org
- Article Amorges 4 in Encyclopædia Iranica
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