# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/prexaspes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:06:18.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/prexaspes"
name: "Prexaspes"
slug: "prexaspes"
description: "Prexaspes was a prominent Persian during the reign of Cambyses II, the second King of Kings of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. According to Herodotus, when Cambyses ordered his trusted counselor Prexaspes to kill Bardiya, the King's own brother, Prexaspes loyally carried out his order. Herodotus provides two versions of the murder. After moving from Egypt to Susa, Prexaspes either killed Bardiya in a hunting field near Susa, or drowned him in the Erythrean Sea."
tagline: "Persian minister, counselor to Cambyses II (d. 522 BCE)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cambyses_II_murders_his_cupbearer_out_of_arrogance_in_presence_of_Prexaspes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-600"
deathDate: "-522"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.76
  momentum:             0.4761904761904762
  historical:           5.871418666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prexaspe_(courtisan_de_Cambyse)"
    title: "Prexaspe (courtisan de Cambyse)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prexaspes"
    title: "Prexaspes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prexaspes"
    title: "Prexaspes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prexaspes"
    title: "Prexaspes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressaspe"
    title: "Pressaspe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preksaspes"
    title: "Preksaspes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11827000"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump