Pherendates (Old Persian: *Farnadātaʰ; Ancient Greek: Φερενδάτης Pherendā́tēs) was an Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt in the early 5th century BCE, at the time of the Achaemenid 27th Dynasty of Egypt.
Career
Pherendates was the satrap in 492 BCE. A son of Megabazus, and an army commander under king Darius I, Pherendates is mainly attested from three letters written in Egyptian Demotic. He replaced the satrap Aryandes who was deposed by Darius around 496 BCE, although the exact accession date of Pherendates is unknown.
In the letters mentioned above, certain priests of the local temple of Khnum at Elephantine asked Pherendates to take care of some of their business in their place, a relatively standard request to the pharaoh (or his representative, such as in this case) in any period of ancient Egyptian history.
In 486–485 BCE, a revolt in Egypt was quelled in 484 BCE by a new satrap, Achaemenes. It is possible that Pherendates lost his life during the turmoil.
