2. A groom of Dareius Hystaspis. According to Herodotus, when the seven conspirators, after
slaying Smerdis, had decided on the continuance of monareny, they agreed to ride forth
togetner at sunrise, and to acknowledge as king any one of their number whose horse should be
the first to neigh. Oebares, by a stratagem, caused the horse of Dareius to neigh before the
rest, and thus secured the throne for his master. (