Bagoas (Old Persian: Bagāvahyā; Ancient Greek: Βαγώας, Bagōas) was a eunuch in the court of the Persian Empire in the 4th century BC. Bagoas was a courtier...

Look up Bagoas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bagoas (died 336 BC) was a Persian minister of Artaxerxes III. Bagoas, meaning eunuch, may also refer...

A courtier (/ˈkɔːrtiər/) is a person who attends the royal court of a monarch or other royalty. The earliest historical examples of courtiers were part...

relationship between Alexander and Bagoas, saying that Alexander was seized of such desire by the eunuch, that Bagoas became the de facto sovereign of Persia...

sons, with the exception of Arses and Bisthanes, were also murdered by Bagoas. Bagoas, acting as kingmaker, put the young Arses (Artaxerxes IV) on the throne...

Pantheon Books (New York City). 1st American edition. ISBN 978-0-394-49113-4; ISBN 978-0-394-73254-1. 1975 in literature Bagoas (courtier) Phobos (mythology)...

Bagoas (4th century BCE): prime minister of king Artaxerxes III of Persia, and his assassin (Bagoas is an old Persian word meaning eunuch). Bagoas, 4th...

Lyly, written circa 1588. The action of the play centers around a young courtier, Endymion, who is sent into an endless slumber by Tellus, his former lover...

(personal bodyguard) Arses Achaemenid King of Kings 336 BC  Achaemenid Persia Bagoas Seleucus I Nicator Seleucid Basileus September 281 BC Lysimachia, Thrace...

Assassination of Artaxerxes III and his family by Bagoas. Artaxerxes IV becomes the new King of Kings. 336 BC: Bagoas kills Artaxerxes IV by poison. Rise of Darius...