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'''Patizeithes''' () was a [[Persians|Persian]] [[magus]] (priest) who flourished in the second half of the 6th century BC. According to [[Herodotus]], he persuaded his brother [[Bardiya]] (Smerdis/Gaumata) in 521 BC to rebel against [[Cambyses II]] (530–522 BC), who at the time ruled as [[King of Kings]] of the [[Achaemenid Persian Empire]]. Herodotus states that Patizeithes was eventually killed by Cambyses's successor [[Darius the Great|Darius (later "the Great")]] (522–486 BC).
The name "Patizeithes" is the form recorded by Herodotus. [[Dionysius of Miletus]] cited his name as '''Panzouthes''', which is identical to '''Pazates''' as recorded by [[Xanthus (historian)|Xanthus the Lydian]]. The later Roman historian [[Justin (historian)|Justin]] recorded his name as '''Oropastes'''. According to the modern [[Iranian studies|Iranologist]] [[Josef Wiesehöfer]], the name "Patizeithes" should be interpreted as a title, "although it is etymologically unclear". Wiesehöfer notes that the name may be connected to the word ''Pitiáchēs'' as recorded in later Greek sources, which is known in [[Middle Persian]] as ''btḥšy'' ([[bidaxsh]]), i.e. "viceroy".
==References==
==Sources==
* Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)
[[Category:6th-century BC deaths]]
[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]
[[Category:6th-century BC Iranian people]]
[[Category:Zoroastrian priests]]
[[Category:People of the Achaemenid Empire]]
The name "Patizeithes" is the form recorded by Herodotus. [[Dionysius of Miletus]] cited his name as '''Panzouthes''', which is identical to '''Pazates''' as recorded by [[Xanthus (historian)|Xanthus the Lydian]]. The later Roman historian [[Justin (historian)|Justin]] recorded his name as '''Oropastes'''. According to the modern [[Iranian studies|Iranologist]] [[Josef Wiesehöfer]], the name "Patizeithes" should be interpreted as a title, "although it is etymologically unclear". Wiesehöfer notes that the name may be connected to the word ''Pitiáchēs'' as recorded in later Greek sources, which is known in [[Middle Persian]] as ''btḥšy'' ([[bidaxsh]]), i.e. "viceroy".
==References==
==Sources==
* Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)
[[Category:6th-century BC deaths]]
[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]
[[Category:6th-century BC Iranian people]]
[[Category:Zoroastrian priests]]
[[Category:People of the Achaemenid Empire]]
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