Hydarnes

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Hydarnes
Satrap of Parthia, Hyrcania, Media, Matiene and Sophene
Reign	521 - 480 BC
Full name	Witarna
Royal House	Achaemenid
Dynasty	Achaemenid

Hydarnes (Ancient Greek: Ὑδάρνης; Old Persian Vidarna "the ripper") was an eminent Persian, the commander of the "Ten Thousand Immortals" during the time of king Xerxes invasion of Greece.

Perhaps the most famous episode involving Satrap Hydarnes and his Immortals came at the Thermopylae in 480 BC, when they came into contact with Leonidas of Sparta.

Hydarnes is known also from an Aramaic inscription found at Armavir that states his choice of girls for his Harem.

In popular culture

In the movie The 300 Spartans (1962), Hydarnes is portrayed by the actor Donald Houston.
In Steven Pressfield's novel, Gates of Fire, Hydarnes is one of the characters.
In the video game 300: March to Glory, Hydarnes is the boss of the level "Persian Camp".He looks like the other Immortals, with gigantic blades for hands and can launch claw missiles as well as call 2 Immortals at a time.

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