BAGOAS

Bagoas: translation

(fl. 360–336 BC)

   Persian eunuch. He was a close adviser of Artaxerxes III and led his army in the reconquest of Egypt in 343 BC. He quarreled with his Greek mercenaries and was recalled to Persia. Bagoas murdered Artaxerxes III in 338 BC, as well as his son and successor, Arses, in 336 BC but was then executed by Darius III, whom he had placed on the throne.

   See also Nakhthorheb.