Oxathres
1. A younger brother of Artaxerxes II. Mnemon king of Persia. He was treated with kindness by his brother, and even admitted to the privilege of sharing the king's table, contrary to the usual etiquette of the Persian court. (Plut. Art. 1, 5.) Ctesias (Pers. 49, ed. Baehr) calls him Oxendras.
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