Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

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Artabānus

（Ἀρτάβανος).

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1.

Son of Hystaspes and brother of Darius; is frequently mentioned in the reign of his nephew Xerxes as a wise and frank counsellor.

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2.

An Hyrcanian, commander of the body-guard of Xerxes, assassinated this king in B.C. 465, but was shortly afterwards killed by Artaxerxes.

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3.

The name of several kings of Parthia.