Spithridates
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| Satrap of Lydia | |
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| Preceded by | Autophradates |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
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| Allegiance | Achaemenid Empire Achaemenid Empire |
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Spithridates (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; fl. 365–334 BC) was a Persian satrap of Lydia and Ionia under the high king Darius III Codomannus. He was one of the Persian commanders at the Battle of the Granicus, in 334 BC. In this engagement, while he was aiming a blow from behind at Alexander the Great, his arm was cut off by Cleitus the Black and he subsequently died.[1]Template:R/superscript
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Spithridates was replaced by the Hellenistic satrap Asander in his territories.
References
- ^ Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, 1.12.8, 15.8, 16.3
- ^ Diodorus, Bibliotheca historica, XVII. 19, 20
- ^ Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Alexander", 16 ; Moralia, "On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander", I. 2
Sources
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Spithridates (2)", Boston, (1867)
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