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    had the skin of the flayed Sisamnes cut into leather strips. Cambyses then appointed Otanes, the son of the condemned Sisamnes, as his father's judicial...
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    Sisamnes contractus is a species of dirt-colored seed bug in the family Rhyparochromidae. It is found in Central America and North America. "Sisamnes...
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    Gerard David, depicting the arrest and flaying of the corrupt Persian judge Sisamnes on the order of Cambyses, based on Herodotus' Histories. The diptych was...
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    genus Sisamnes: Sisamnes annulicollis (Berg, C., 1894) c g Sisamnes claviger (Uhler, 1895) i g b Sisamnes clavigerus (Uhler, 1895) c g Sisamnes contractus...
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    Otanes (Old Persian: Utāna, Greek: Ὀτάνης), son of Sisamnes, was an Achaemenid judge and later Satrap of Ionia during the reign of Darius the Great, circa...
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    Judgment of Cambyses Part 1, The Judgment of Sisamnes (1498) The Judgment of Cambyses Part 2, The Flaying of Sisamnes (1498) The Baptism of Christ (1502-1508)...
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  • 25-5.28), Herodotus speaks of an Otanes - a son of a previously mentioned Sisamnes (3.31) - who served as a judge under Cambyses II and later under Darius...
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  • Sisamnes claviger is a species of seed bug in the family Rhyparochromidae. It is found in North America. "Sisamnes claviger Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
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    warriors were flayed annually as sacrifices to him. According to Herodotus, Sisamnes, a corrupt judge under Cambyses II of Persia, was flayed for accepting...
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  • under Darius. Hydarnes was survived by two sons, Hydarnes the Younger and Sisamnes, who both served as commanders under Darius' son and successor, Xerxes...
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