Phrataphernes
Phrataphernes (
Darius III Codomannus, and joined that monarch with the contingents from the provinces subject to his rule, shortly before the battle of Gaugamela
in 331 BC. He afterwards accompanied the king on his flight into Hyrcania.
Service with Alexander the Great
After the death of Darius, Phrataphernes surrendered voluntarily to
Porus, but he seems to have again returned to his satrapy, from whence we find him sending his son Pharasmanes with a large train of camels and beasts of burden, laden with provisions for the supply of the army during the toilsome march through Gedrosia.[1]
From this time we hear no more of him until after the death of Alexander (323 BC). In the first division of the provinces consequent on that event, the
Sogdiana
.
References
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Phrataphernes (1)", Boston, (1867)
Notes
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Phrataphernes". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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