Officials of Cyrus the Great

thumb|General Harpagus, behind Cyrus the Great (18th century tapestry). Harpagus, also known as Harpagos (Ancient Greek Ἅρπαγος; Akkadian: Arbaku), was a Median general during the 6th century BC, credited by Herodotus as having put Cyrus the Great on the throne through his defection during the Battle of Pasargadae.

Mazares (Median: Mazdara, ) was a Median general who defected to Cyrus the Great when the latter overthrew the Median king Astyages and formed the Persian Empire. Mazares is mentioned by Herodotus as a Median general in the service of Cyrus the Great who died while putting down a revolt in Asia Minor.

thumb|Oroetus attending the crucifixion of Polycrates (17th century painting, by [[Salvator Rosa).]]

thumb|Tabalus was the first satrap of Lydia, with his capital in [[Sardis.]] thumb|Remains of the acropolis of [[Sardis where Tabalus took refuge from the Lydian revolt.]] Tabalus the Persian ,, was the first Persian satrap of Sardis. Cyrus the Great of Persia put him in place after conquering Lydia and annexing it into the Persian Empire in 546 BC. Herodotus mentions him in his histories (Hdt 1. 153-4):

Oebares (Old Persian: Va(h)ubara) was a Persian officer of Cyrus the Great (fl. 6th century BCE). When Cyrus sent Petisaces to bring Astyages to court from his satrapy, Oebares caused Petisaces to leave the old king Astyages to die in the desert, when this was discovered he proceeded to starve himself to death to avoid falling to an act of vengeance from Astyages' daughter, Amytis.

thumb|Location of Hellespontine Phrygia, and the provincial capital of Dascylium, in the Achaemenid Empire, thumb|Coinage of Hellespontine Phrygia at the time of Mitrobates, Kyzikos, [[Mysia. Circa 550-500 BC]] thumb|Coinage of Hellespontine Phrygia at the time of Mitrobates, Kyzikos, [[Mysia. Circa 550-500 BCE]] Mitrobates (; ); (fl.c. 525 - 520 BC) was an Achaemenid satrap of Daskyleion (Hellespontine Phrygia) under the reigns of Cyrus the Great, who nominated him for the role, and Cambyses. After Cambyses died, and during the struggles for succession that followed, he is said to have been