Bagoas
Bagoas (Old Iranian: ''Bagāvahyā'', grc, Βαγώας ''Bagōas''; died 336 BCE) was a prominent Persian official who served as the vizier ( Chief Minister) of the Achaemenid Empire until his death.
Biography
Bagoas was a eunuch who later b ...
(died 336 BC) was a Persian minister of Artaxerxes III.
Bagoas, meaning eunuch, may also refer to:
*
Bagoas (courtier), a favourite of Alexander the Great
* Bagoas the Persian, 5th-century governor of the Achaemenid province of
Yehud
Yehud ( he, יְהוּד) is a city in the Central District of Israel that is part of the joint municipality of Yehud-Monosson. In 2007, the city's population stood at approximately 30,000 people (including Neve Monosson – see below).
History ...
, known from the Elephantine papyri
* An Assyrian eunuch, servant of the general Holofernes in the
Book of Judith
*
Abrial A-12 Bagoas, a French experimental glider of the 1930s
See also
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Bagous
''Bagous'' is a genus of snout and bark beetles in the family Curculionidae
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 spec ...
'', a genus of beetle
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