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Ostanes

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In Greek sources, Ostanes is given as the name of one of the sons of the Achaemenid Persian emperor Darius (II) Nothos, and the grandfather of Darius (III) Codomannos. Aside from the name and relationship to the rulers, the sources do not have any information about the person. The sources are Diodorus 17.5.5 and Plutarch Artax. 1.1.5. The latter explicitly names Ctesias (the physician of Artaxerxes (II) Mnemon) as his source. Ctesias, however, names Artostes as the son of Darius II, and Ferdinand Justi suggests that the sources confused Artostes as Ostanes. His son Arsames (II) married his cousin Sisygambis and had issue: Darius III Oxathres. References

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“Ostanes, the Mede, was one of the celebrated early alchemists. Several writers have recorded for us the existence of a book called The Book of the Divine Prescriptions, which seems to have been the most famous writing of these Persian sages.”
— , A Short History of Chemistry (1894) p. 6.
“Pliny tells us that Demokritos was instructed in magic by Ostanes the Mede.”
— , A Short History of Chemistry (1894) p. 9.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Ostanes: pen-name used by several pseudo-anonymous authors of Greek a

Overview

In Greek sources, Ostanes is given as the name of one of the sons of the Achaemenid Persian emperor Darius (II) Nothos, and the grandfather of Darius (III) Codomannos. Aside from the name and relationship to the rulers, the sources do not have any information about the person. The sources are Diodorus 17.5.5 and Plutarch Artax. 1.1.5. The latter explicitly names Ctesias (the physician of Artaxerxes (II) Mnemon) as his source. Ctesias, however, names Artostes as the son of Darius II, and Ferdinand Justi suggests that the sources confused Artostes as Ostanes. His son Arsames (II) married his cousin Sisygambis and had issue: Darius III Oxathres. References

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Ostanes, the Mede, was one of the celebrated early alchemists. Several writers have recorded for us the existence of a book called The Book of the Divine Prescriptions, which seems to have been the most famous writing of these Persian sages.”
— , A Short History of Chemistry (1894) p. 6.
“Pliny tells us that Demokritos was instructed in magic by Ostanes the Mede.”
— , A Short History of Chemistry (1894) p. 9.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.