Mentor of Rhodes

Mentor of Rhodes, who had helped betray Sidon, rose high in the king’s favour and entered into a close understanding with the eunuch Bagoas, the king’s favourite. Artaxerxes then advanced on Egypt with a great land and naval force and, at Pelusium in the Nile…

…worked in close partnership with Mentor of Rhodes and rose to such power that he became the real master of the Achaemenid Empire, Artaxerxes doing nothing without his advice. In 338 Bagoas murdered Artaxerxes and all the king’s sons except Arses, whom he placed on the throne. Two years later…