Tabalus
Τάβαλος
(Τάβαλος), a Persian, whom Cyrus, after he had taken Sardis, left there in command of the garrison. Here Tabalus was soon after besieged by the rebel Pactyas, but was delivered by Mazares (Hdt. 1.153, &c.) [MAZARES; PACTYAS.]
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