Achaemenes | |
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Satrap of Egypt | |
![]() Achaemenes was satrap of the Achaemenid Province of Egypt. | |
Predecessor | Pherendates |
Successor | Arsames |
Dynasty | 27th Dynasty |
Pharaoh | Xerxes I and Artaxerxes I |
Father | Darius I |
Mother | Atossa |
Achaemenes (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 Haxāmaniš;[1] Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμένης Akhaiménēs, also incorrectly called Achaemenides by Ctesias) was an Achaemenid general and satrap of ancient Egypt during the early 5th century BC, at the time of the 27th Dynasty of Egypt.