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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

Artaÿntes son of ARTACHAEES was named co‐commander, along with MARDONTES, of the Persian naval forces during the winter of 480/79 BCE (after their defeat at SALAMIS); he brought his nephew ITHAMITRES as another co‐commander. They joined the fleet, now with 300 ships, at SAMOS in the spring and kept watch over the Greek cities of Ionia, waiting to see how MARDONIUS and the Persian army would fare on the Greek mainland (8.130.2–4). Artaÿntes and his nephew escaped from the Persian defeat at MYCALE later in 479 (9.102.4). Herodotus recounts how Artaÿntes nearly killed MASISTES, XERXES’ brother, on the retreat to SARDIS after Masistes accused him of commanding the troops at Mycale “worse than a woman” (9.107). The name probably derives from OP *Arta‐vanta‐, “pursuing justice.”

SEE ALSO: Artaÿntes son of Ithamitres; Generals and Generalship; Insults; Naval Warfare; Xeinagoras