Megabazus
Mĕgăbazus, ī, m. , v. Megabyzus.
Megabazus
(Μεγάβαζος) or Megabyzus (Μεγάβυζος). One of the seven Persian nobles who conspired against the magian Smerdis (q.v.), B.C. 521. He afterwards subdued Perinthus and other cities on the Hellespont and the coast of Thrace (Herod.iii. 70; iv. 143; v. 1-16).
Megabazus
Megabazus, a Persian general
- left by Darius in Thrace on his Scythian expedition: Hdt. 4.143
- Darius' estimation of him: .143
- his operations in Thrace: Hdt. 5.1, Hdt. 5.10, Hdt. 5.12, Hdt. 5.14, Hdt. 5.17, Hdt. 5.23
- son of Megabates: Hdt. 7.97