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Artaphernes, more correctly Artaphrenes, was the
brother of Darius Hystaspis, and satrap of Sardis.

It was he who received the embassy from Athens
sent probably by Cleisthenes in 497 BC, and
subsequently warned the Athenians to receive back
the "tyrant" Hippias (son of Pisistratus)|Hippias.

Subsequently he took an important part in
suppressing the Ionian Revolt|Ionian revolt, and
after the war compelled the cities to make
agreements by which all differences were to be
settled by reference. He measured out their
territories in parasangs and assessed their
tributes accordingly (Herodotus vi. 42). In 492
BC|492 he was superseded in his satrapy by
Mardonius (Herodotus V. 25, 30-32, 35, &c.;
Diodorus Siculus|Diod. Sic. x. 25).

His son, of the same name, was appointed, together
with Datis, to take command of the expedition sent
by Darius to punish Athens and Eretria for their
share in the Ionian revolt. (Missing text)va the
expedition of Xerxes I|Xerxes. Ten years later, he
was in command of the Lydians and Mysians (Herod.
vi. 94, 119; Vu. 4, sch. Persae, 21).

Aeschylus in his list of Persian kings (The
Persians|Persae, 775 ff.), which is quite
unhistorical, mentions two kings with the name
Artarenes, who may have been developed out of
these two Persian commanders.

==Reference==
*1911

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