Andragoras (4th century BC)

:''Not to be mistaken for Andragoras, a Seleucid satrap of around 250 BC.'' Andragoras the Parthian ( el, Ανδραγόρας) seems to have been a satrap of

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from 331 BC in the area of

Parthia Parthia ( peo, 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 ''Parθava''; xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅 ''Parθaw''; pal, 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭥 ''Pahlaw'') is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran. It was conquered and subjugated by the empire of the Med ...

(Justin, xii. 4). According to Justin, he was selected among the noble Persians, and is at the origin of the Parthian dynasty:

Afterwards, the Parthian being submitted, Andragoras, chosen among noble Persians was given to them as a
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. Later,
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found in him their origin (''Parthis deinde domitis praefectus his statuitur ex nobilibus Persarum Andragoras ; inde postea originem Parthorum reges habuere.''
Justin, xii. 4
/blockquote> Andragoras is not mentioned in the partition of power of the
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in 321 BC, when instead Philip was named as the ruler of
Parthia Parthia ( peo, 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 ''Parθava''; xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅 ''Parθaw''; pal, 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭥 ''Pahlaw'') is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran. It was conquered and subjugated by the empire of the Med ...
. This would suggest that Andragoras either fell from favour or died in the meantime. There is a possibility that this Andragoras never existed and is only mentioned by Justin by mistake, since in other classical sources
Phrataphernes Phrataphernes (Median: ''Fratafarnah'', grc, Φραταφέρνης; lived 4th century BC) was a Persian who held the government of Parthia and Hyrcania, under the king Darius III Codomannus, and joined that monarch with the contingents from the p ...
is usually mentioned as the satrap of Parthia until the time of Philip. He may also have been confused with the 3rd century satrap of Parthia Andragoras.

References
{{Reflist Satraps of the Alexandrian Empire 4th-century BC governors 4th-century BC Iranian people