Officials of Darius the Great

Artaphernes (Greek: Ἀρταφέρνης, Old Persian: Artafarna, from Median Rtafarnah) was a brother of the Achaemenid king Darius I and held power circa 513–492 BC. He was appointed satrap of Lydia, which he governed from its capital of Sardis. As satrap of Lydia he had to deal with the Greeks, and played an important role in both the Siege of Naxos and in suppressing the Ionian Revolt.

Hydarnes (), also known as Hydarnes the Elder, was a Persian nobleman, who was one of the seven conspirators who overthrew the Pseudo-Smerdis. His name is the Greek transliteration of the Old Persian name , which may have meant "he who knows the guilt/wrong".

thumb|Megabates was son of Arsames, and brother of Hystaspes. Megabates (Old Persian: ; Ancient Greek: ; dates unknown) was a Persian military leader in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC. According to Herodotus he was a cousin of Darius the Great and his brother Artaphernes, satrap of Lydia.

Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia (c. 565-497 BCE)

thumb|Zopyrus from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum|Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum thumb|The Babylonians deriding Darius, before Zopyrus devised his stratagem Zopyrus (; ) (died 484/3 BC) was a Persian nobleman mentioned in Herodotus' Histories.

Intaphrenes (, ) (died c.520BCE) was one of the seven who in September 522 BCE helped Darius I usurp the throne from Bardiya, following Bardiya’s alleged usurping of the throne of the Achaemenid Empire from Cambyses II. Intaphrenes then became Darius's bow carrier, a high position in which he is depicted in the Behistun Inscription.

Brother of and advisor to Achaemenid king Darius I

Dadarsi was a Persian general of Armenian origin and satrap of Bactria, who served under Persian king Darius I the Great (522–486 BCE). He was tasked with suppressing a revolt in Margiana.

Aryandes (Old Iranian: Aryavanda or Arvanta, Ancient Greek: Ἀρυάνδης) was the first Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt between 525 BCE and 496 BCE, during the early 27th Dynasty of Egypt.

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

tyrant of Achaemenid Caria from c.520 to 484 BCE

thumb|Aspathines on the tomb of Darius I. Aspathines ( ; ) (born and died sometime between 550 BC and 450BC) was a senior official under Darius the Great and Xerxes I of Persia.

thumb|Bubares was son of Megabazus. thumb|right|Bubares built the Xerxes Canal for the passage of the [[Second Persian invasion of Greece. Mount Athos peninsula from the stratosphere (at an altitude of 23 km), and simulation of the Xerxes Canal (seen from north).]] thumb|Northern end of the Xerxes Canal, now filled up. Bubares (, died after 480 BC) was a Persian nobleman and engineer in the service of the Achaemenid Empire of the 5th century BC. He was one of the sons of Megabazus, and a second-degree cousin of Xerxes I.

Pherendates (; ) was an Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt in the early 5th century BCE, at the time of the Achaemenid 27th Dynasty of Egypt.

Persian judge, son of Sisamnes

thumb|Bagaeus delivering his messages to the Persian guards. 19th century illustration. Bagaeus (Old Iranian: Bagaya) (fl. circa 520-517 BCE), son of Artontes, was an Achaemenid nobleman, who was ordered by Darius I to kill the rebellious satrap of Lydia, Oroetes. Oroetes was accused of having killed Mitrobates, the satrap of Daskyleion (Hellespontine Phrygia) and his son, but is best known as the murderer of Polycrates of Samos. Herodotus recounts how Bagaeus used written orders from Darius in order to assure himself of the obedience of the bodyguards of Oroetes to the orders of Darius, and w

late Archaic Greek marble sculpture