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Abrocomes

Abrocomes was a son of king Darius I of Persia and his wife Phratagune, who died with his full brother Hyperanthes in the battle of Thermopylae, while fighting over the body of Leonidas.

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Abrocomes
DiedThermopylae, Greece
FatherDarius I of Persia
MotherPhratagune

Abrocomes (Ancient Greek: Ὰβροκόμης) was a son of king Darius I of Persia and his wife Phratagune, who died with his full brother Hyperanthes in the battle of Thermopylae, while fighting over the body of Leonidas.12

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  1. Herodotus, Histories (Herodotus), vii.224
  2. Smith, William (1867), "Abrocomes", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, p. 3, archived from the original on 2005-12-31, retrieved 2006-09-19
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