Sibyrtius
Sibyrtius (
After serving in Alexander's army for a number of years, Sibyrtius was appointed by Alexander, on his return from
Following the death of Alexander in 323, Sibyrtius, in common with most of the other governors of the remote eastern provinces, retained possession of his satrapy, which was again confirmed to him in the second partition at
In the subsequent divisions involving the eastern satraps, Sibyrtius was one of those who supported Peucestas against Peithon and Seleucus, and afterwards accompanied Peucestas when he joined Eumenes in Susiana in 317. His attachment was to Peucestas and not to Eumenes, and in Peucestas' subsequent intrigues against his commander-in-chief, Sibyrtius supported him so strongly that he incurred Eumenes' strong resentment, who threatened to bring him to trial; a fate from which he only escaped by a hasty flight.
Sibyrtius' open rupture with Eumenes had the advantage of securing him the favour of
Arrian mentions that Megasthenes, the historian and ambassador of Seleucus to the court of Chandragupta, lived with Sibyrtius, suggesting the latter may have remained at his post as satrap for quite a long time:[5][6][8]
- Megasthenes lived with Sibyrtius, satrap of Arachosia, and often speaks of his visiting Sandracottus, the king of the Indians.[9]
Notes
- ^ Helmut Berve (Das Alexanderreich auf prosopographischer Grundlage #703)
- ^ Diodorus, xix. 14, 23, 48; Polyaenus, Stratagemata, iv. 6
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-30942-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-674-72882-0.
- ^ Shepherd, William R. (1926). The Historical Atlas, "Mediaeval Commerce (Asia)".
- ^ A.B. Bosworth, 'The Historical Setting of Megasthenes' Indica', CPh 91 (1996), 113-27
- ^ Arrian, v. 6
References
- A.B. Bosworth, 'The Historical Setting of Megasthenes' Indica', CPh 91 (1996), 113-27
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Sibyrtius", Boston, (1867)
- Stoneman, R., The Greek Experience of India (Princeton, 2019).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Sibyrtius". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.