person
Cambyses
also: Cambyses II
Cambyses II, king of Persia (r. 530–522 BC), here a byword for the murderous rage of a drunken tyrant who shot the son of his adviser Praexaspes to prove his steady hand.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §7.3.1 Cambyses
Son of Cyrus and conqueror of Egypt; another Persian king who found no limit to empire.
- On Anger §3.14 Cambyses
King of Persia (r. 530–522 BC); drunk, he shot dead the son of his adviser Praexaspes to prove his hand was steady — a tyrant's murderous rage.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §86.1 Cambyses
Cambyses II, king of Persia (r. 530-522 BC), proverbial for madness (he was said to have killed his brother and sister and led an army to ruin in the desert); Seneca's foil for a great commander without virtue.
- Natural Questions §2.30.2 Cambyses
King of Persia (r. 530-522 BC), son of Cyrus; the army he sent against the oracle of Ammon was famously buried by a desert sandstorm.