Nepos, Datames 1

1Datames, whose father was Camisares, a Carian by nation, and whose mother was a Scythian, was at first in the number of those soldiers at the court of Artaxerxes who guarded the palace. 1His father Camisares, because he had been found brave in action, vigorous in war and loyal to the king in many places, held as his province the part of Cilicia next to Cappadocia which the Leucosyrians inhabit. 2Datames, while performing military service, first revealed what sort of man he was in the war which the king waged against the Cadusians. 2For here his efforts were of great value. 2So it came about that, when Camisares had fallen in that war, his father's province was handed over to him.