Oebares (Old Persian: Va(h)ubara) was a Persian officer of Cyrus the Great (fl. 6th century BCER Waterfield - The Expedition of Cyrus (p.xxvii) Oxford University Press, 8 Sep 2005 [Retrieved 2015-0409]). When Cyrus sent Petisaces to bring Astyages to court from his satrapy, Oebares caused Petisaces to leave the old king Astyages to die in the desert, when this was discovered he proceeded to starve himself to death to avoid falling to an act of vengeance from Astyages' daughter, Amytis.E Elder M.A. - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 3 J. Murray, 1873 (ed. William Smith) [Retrieved 2015-04-09]
He is mentioned in Photius' Bibliotheca.E Elder cites ap. Phot. Bibl.
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