Pharnaces (Persian noble)
Pharnaces (died 334 BC, Greek: Φαρνάκης) was a Persian noble of the 4th century BC apparently belonging to the Pontic-Cappadocian nobility.[1] His sister was a wife of Darius III.[2][3] They had a son named Ariobarzanes and a daughter who married Mithridates and thus they were nephews of Pharnaces.[4][5][6] He was one of the Persian commanders in the battle of the Granicus in 334 BC in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), and was killed during the battle.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Berve ii.117
- ^ a b Arrian Anabasis Alexandri 1.16.3
- ^ Diodorus Bibliotheca historica 17.21.3
- ^ Aretades of Cnidus FGrH 285 F1
- ^ Arrian 1.15.7, 16.3
- ^ Diodorus 17.20.2 (wrongly naming him "Spithrodates")
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