(Σαβάκης), a Persian, was satrap of Egypt under Dareius III., and was slain at the battle of Issus, in B. C. 333 (Arr. Anab. 2.11 ; Curt. 3.8, 4.1). The name is otherwise written Sataces and Sathaces, and it occurs as Tasiaces in Diod. 17.34, according to the common reading. (Wess. ad loc.; Freinsh. ad Curt. ll. cc.)
[E.E]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890