Aspathines


Aspathines or Aspačanā was a senior official under Darius the Great and Xerxes I of Persia.
Aspathines is illustrated on the tomb of Darius I at Naqsh-e Rostam, with a dedication:
The only other courtier to be named with a dedication was Gobryas.
Aspathines had a son names Prexaspes, who became an Admiral in the navy of Xerxes during the Second Persian invasion of Greece.