Irethor II

Irethor II
Koine Greek: Ίνάρως (Inaros)
Reign
	460–454 BC (6 years)
Royal Titulary
;
Legacy
Father	Psamtik IV (?)
Issue	Thannyras
Died	454 BC, Susa
Burial	None

For other pages by this name, see Irethor.

Irethor II (transliteration: ỉr.t-hrw, meaning: "Eye of Horus"), Hellenized as Inaros II (Koine Greek: Ίνάρως), is an ancient Egyptian non-dynastic rebel Pharaoh in the Nile Delta of Lower Egypt. He revolted against the ruler of the Archaemenid Persian Empire, who controlled Egypt; Artaxerxes I of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty during the Late Period. Irethor came to rule in the Nile Delta of Lower Egypt; he held territory west of the Canopic brench of the Nile, stretching from Mareia (el-Hawwariya) in the north to Terenouthis (Kom Abu Billo) in the south.

In 460 BC, Irethor II revolted against the Persians with the help of Amenirdis (the native governor of Sais) and his Athenian allies under Admiral Charitimides, and defeated the Persian army commanded by Achaemenes, satrap of Egypt. The Persians retreated to Memphis, but the Athenians were finally defeated in 454 BC by the Persian army led by Megabyzus, satrap of Syria, and Artabazus, satrap of Phrygia, after a two-year siege. Irethor was captured and carried away to Susa where he was reportedly crucified in 454 BC.

After the revolt, Arsames, the newly appointed Persian satrap of Egypt, undertook a conciliatory policy towards the native Egyptians in order to avoid igniting new revolts; likely for this reason, he allowed Irethor' son Thannyras to maintain his lordship on part of the Delta, as Herodotus reports.

This article relating to Ancient Egypt is a stub. You can help the Ancient Egypt Wiki by expanding it.

Predecessor:
Artaxerxes I

Pharaoh of Egypt
Non-dynastic

Successor:
Artaxerxes I