Amminapes
Amminapes was a Parthian who was appointed satrap of the Parthians and Hyrcanii by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.[1]
Amminapes knew Alexander from his youth at the Macedonian court, where he remained in exile together with
Mazakes in late 332 BCE when they surrendered the country to Alexander, and he is the one who convinced Mazakes to do so and helped negotiate the terms of the surrender.[3][5] He then joined the army of Alexander the Great.[5]
Amminapes later received in 330 BCE the satrapy of Parthia and Hyrcania as a reward for his services, but he was still joined with the Macedonian general
Triparadisus in 321.[6]
Amminapes was probably soon replaced by Phrataphernes, who was still in charge of the satrapy in 324, and was then succeeded by his son Pharismanes.[1]
References
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Tlepolemus (2)", Boston, (1867)
Notes
- ^ ISBN 9789004217553.
- ISBN 9780748647248.
- ^ ISBN 9781904341567.
- ISBN 9780691154459.
- ^ ISBN 9781624667145.
- , Bibliotheca, xviii. 3, 39