- Ariobarzanes II of Cius
Ariobarzanes (in Greek Aριoβαρζάνης; ruled 363–337 BC) succeeded his father, Mithridates, as ruler of the Greek town of
Cius inMysia , governing 26 years between 363 and 337 BC for count of the Persians.rf|1|diod_16.90 He appears to have held some high office in the Persian court five years before the death of his father, as we find him, apparently on behalf of the king, sending an embassy to Greece in 368.rf|2|xen_7.1.27 Ariobarzanes, who is called by Diodorusrf|3|diod_15.90satrap ofPhrygia , and by Neposrf|4|nepos_2 satrap ofLydia ,Ionia , and Phrygia, revolted from Artaxerxes II in 362.Demosthenes , in 352, speaks of Ariobarzanes and his three sons having been lately made Athenian citizens.rf|5|dem1 He mentions him againrf|6|dem2 in the following year, 351, and says, that the Athenians had sent Timotheus to his assistance; but that when the Athenian general saw that Ariobarzanes was in open revolt against the king, he refused to assist him. He was succeeded as governor of Cius by Mithridates, possibly his son, certainly a relative.References
*Cornelius Nepos, " [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/nepos_eintro.htm Lives of Eminent Commanders] ", John Selby Watson (translator), (1886)
*Demosthenes, "Speeches", C. A. Vince & J. H. Vince (translators), Cambridge—London , (1926)
*Diodorus Siculus, " [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0084 Bibliotheca] ", C. H. Oldfather (translator), Cambridge, MA—London, (1989)
*Smith, William (editor); "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology ", [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0295.html “Ariobarzanes II”] ,Boston , (1867)
*Xenophon, "Hellenica", Cambridge, MA—London, (1985-86)Notes
ent|1|diod_16.90 Diodorus, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0084&layout=&loc=16.90.1 xvi. 90] ent|2|xen_7.1.27 Xenophon, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0206&query=7%3A1%3A27&chunk=section vii. 1. 27] ent|3|diod_15.90 Diodorus, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0084&layout=&loc=15.90.1 xv. 90] ent|4|nepos_2 Nepos, “Datames,” [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/nepos.htm#Datames 2] ent|5|dem1 Demosthenes, “Against Aristocrates” [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0074&query=section%3D%23446&layout=&loc=23.140] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0074&query=section%3D%23507&layout=&loc=23.203] ent|6|dem2 Demosthenes, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0072;query=section%3D%23132;layout=;loc=15.8 “For the Liberty of the Rhodians”]
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