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