Adusius (Old Persian ', Ancient Greek ') was, according to the account of
Xenophon in his
Cyropaedeia, sent by
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus II of Persia (; peo, π€π’π½π’π ), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian empire. Schmitt Achaemenid dynasty (i. The clan and dynasty) Under his rule, the empire embraced ...
with an army into
Caria, to put an end to the feuds which existed in the country. He afterwards assisted
Hystaspes Vishtaspa ( ae, wiktionary:π¬¬π¬π¬±π¬π¬π¬―π¬π¬, π¬¬π¬π¬±π¬π¬π¬―π¬π¬ ; peo, wikt:π»ππ«π πΏπ±, π»ππ«π πΏπ±, ), Hellenization, hellenized as HystΓ‘spes (, ), may refer to:
* Vishtaspa (floruit, fl. ...
in subduing
Phrygia
In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; grc, Ξ¦ΟΟ
Ξ³Ξ―Ξ±, ''PhrygΓa'' ) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. After its conquest, it became a region of the great empires ...
, and was made
satrap
A satrap () was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median and Achaemenid Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires.
The satrap served as viceroy to the king, though with consid ...
of Caria, as the inhabitants had requested.
References
Achaemenid satraps of Caria
6th-century BC governors
6th-century BC Iranian people
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