Cambyses

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/13680

father of Cyrus the Great

Names

  • Greek: Καμβύσεω, Καμβύσου = Kambyseō, Kambysou 1
  • Syriac: ܩܡܒܣܝܣ = QMBSYS 2

Attributes

  • Male

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Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles.1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian2 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Cambyses: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.4, 42; 3.68 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 67 [Syriac].
    • Cambyse: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 102 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Cambyses” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/13680.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; gender assignment, matching, Greek transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization and Greek collection from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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