Hyroeades (

Old Iranian The Iranian languages or Iranic languages are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that are spoken natively by the Iranian peoples, predominantly in the Iranian plateau, Iranian Pl ...

: ''Vīrayauda'',

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: ''Ὑροιάδης'') was the first

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

soldier to scale the walls of

Sardis Sardis () or Sardes (; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 ''Sfard''; el, Σάρδεις ''Sardeis''; peo, Sparda; hbo, ספרד ''Sfarad'') was an ancient city at the location of modern ''Sart'' (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005), near Salihli, ...

during Cyrus the Great's invasion of

Lydia Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod ...

in 546 BC. He was of the

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tribe.

References

{{Reflist Herodotus. The Histories. University of Chicago. Print. Lee, John W.I. "Cyrus and Cambyses—Founders of the Empire." Lecture. Hyroeades. Perseus Encyclopedia. Tufts University. Web. 1 Apr. 2012.

External links

The Persian Empire

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Military personnel of the Achaemenid Empire 6th-century BC Iranian people