This ruler supposedly took power after Phaidyme (“figh-DEE-may”) discovered that another man had no ears, (15[1])leading Otanes (15[2])(“oh-TAH-nace”) to speak in favor (15[1])of isonomy. This ruler gained the throne after winning (15[1])a contest between (15[1])six men (15[1]-5[1])about whose (15[1])horse (15[1])would neigh (15[1])first (15[1])with the help of his groom (15[1])Oebares (-5[1])(“oy-BAH-race”). A trilingual (-5[2])inscription in Elamite (15[1])and Babylonian (15[1])cuneiform (15[1])shows him trampling a rival (15[2])whom he alleged (15[1])to be (15[1])(*) Gaumata (10[3]-5[1])but who ruled (10[1])as Bardiya (10[1])or Smerdis. (10[2])This man suppressed revolts by two men claiming to be the sons of Nabonidus with the regnal names Nebuchadnezzar III and IV, as described in his Behistun (-5[1])inscription. (10[2]-5[2])Aristagoras’s Ionian (10[2])Revolt was a rebellion (10[1])against (10[1])this leader. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this ruler of the Achaemenids (10[1]-5[1])who fought the Greeks before his (10[1])son (10[2])Xerxes I. (10[1])■END■ (10[8]0[2])