Oxyartes
Oxyartes (
He is first mentioned as one of the chiefs who accompanied
Shortly after this event, Oxyartes successfully persuaded Chorienes to surrender his rock fortress. Subsequently, he was appointed by Alexander as
Later on Oxyartes sent a small force to support Eumenes; but after the death of that general in 316 BC after the Battle of Gabiene, he seems to have come to terms with Antigonus, who was content to take on the role of confirming Oxyartes in his position as he would have found it difficult to dispossess Oxyartes even if he had wanted to.[9]
It seems probable that Oxyartes must have died before Seleucus' diplomatic/military foray into South Asia, as Seleucus ceded Paropamisadae to Chandragupta Maurya without any mention of Oxyartes.[10]
Bibliography
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Oxyartes (2)", Boston, (1867)
References
- ^ "OXYARTES – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org.
- ^ Ahmed, S. Z. (2004), Chaghatai: the Fabulous Cities and People of the Silk Road, West Conshokoken: Infinity Publishing, p. 61.
- ISBN 978-1-907200-02-1.
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger. "OXYARTES". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
- Anabasis Alexandri, iii. 28
- ^ Arrian, iv. 18-20; Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, viii. 4; Strabo, Geography, xi. 11; Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Alexander", 47
- ^ Arrian, iv. 21, vi. 15; Curtius, ix. 8; Plutarch, 58
- ^ Diodorus, xix. 14, 48
- ^ Strabo, xv. 2
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Oxyartes (2)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.