Mithridates or Mithradates ( el, Μιθριδάτης or Μιθραδάτης) was a
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
noble. His wife was the daughter of
Darius III
Darius III ( peo, 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 ; grc-gre, Δαρεῖος ; c. 380 – 330 BC) was the last Achaemenid King of Kings of Persia, reigning from 336 BC to his death in 330 BC.
Contrary to his predecessor Artaxerxes IV Arses, Dar ...
with the sister of
Pharnaces Pharnaces ( el, Φαρνάκης, link=no) may refer to:
* Pharnaces ( fl. 550 BCE – 497 BCE), founder of the Pharnacid dynasty of satraps of Hellespontine Phrygia
* Pharnaces II of Phrygia (fl. 430 BCE – 413 BCE), satrap of Hellespontine Phryg ...
, which made him the son-in-law of Darius.
[ ]Arrian
Arrian of Nicomedia (; Greek: ''Arrianos''; la, Lucius Flavius Arrianus; )
was a Greek historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period.
''The Anabasis of Alexander'' by Arrian is considered the best ...
, 1.15.7, 16.3 [ Diodorus, 17.20.2, 21.3 (wrongly naming him Spithrodates) ] He was slain by the hand of
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...
himself, at the
Battle of the Granicus (modern-day
Turkey
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) in 334 BC, when Alexander plunged his lance through Mithridates' face.
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References
Sources
* Smith, William (editor); ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 p ...
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Boston
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, (1867)
334 BC deaths
Opponents of Alexander the Great
Military leaders of the Achaemenid Empire
Military personnel of the Achaemenid Empire killed in action
Year of birth unknown
4th-century BC Iranian people
Darius III
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