The marriages of Alexander III of Macedon with Stateira II and Hephaestion with Drypetis, at Susa

Stateira II was daughter of Stateira I and Darius III of Persia. Sister of Drypetis, and granddaughter of Sisygambis. Captured along with her family at the Battle of Issus. Married Alexander the Great. Originally bethrothed to Mazaeus, who died in 328 BC. Murdered in 323 BC by Roxana, Alexander's first wife (Pl. Alex. 77.4). Arrian calls Stateira "Barsine," but she is not to be confused with Barsine the wife of Memnon of Rhodes (Arr. 7.4.4-8). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ... For the film of the same name, see Alexander the Great (1956 film). ... Ancient Macedons regions and towns Macedon or Macedonia (Greek ) was the name of an ancient kingdom in the northern-most part of ancient Greece, bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east. ... The Stone Lion of Hamedan is said to have been erected by Alexander The Great, upon the death of Hephaestion. ... Winged sphinx from the palace of Darius the Great at Susa. ... Stateira I was wife of Darius III of Persia of the Achaemenid dynasty. ... Darius III or Codomannus (c. ... For other uses of this term see: Persia (disambiguation) The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... Sisygambis was the mother of Darius III of Persia, whose reign was ended in the wars of Alexander the Great. ... Combatants Macedon, Greek allies Achaemenid Persia Commanders Alexander the Great Darius III Strength 13,000 peltasts,[1] 22,000 hoplites,[2] 5,850 cavalry[2] 103,000 (Modern Consensus)[3] (See below) Casualties 7,000[4] 30,000 The Battle of Issus (or more commonly The Battle at Issus) occurred... Issus can refer to the: Battle of Issus, fought by Alexander the Great in 333 BC, which took place near Issus (town), along the Issus (river) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Coin of Mazaeus. ... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC - 320s BC - 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 333 BC 332 BC 331 BC 330 BC 329 BC - 328 BC - 327 BC 326 BC 325... On his way from Ecbatana to Babylon, Alexander the Great fights and crushes the Cossaeans. ... Roxana (Bactrian: Roshanak; literally midnight soul or nightmare), was a Bactrian noble and a wife of Alexander the Great. ... Alexander the Great Lucius Flavius Arrianus Xenophon (c. ... Barsine (in Greek Βαρσινη; born 363? - died 309 BC) was daughter of Artabazus, the satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, and wife of Memnon of Rhodes. ... Memnon of Rhodes (380 – 333 BC) was the commander of the Greek mercenaries working for the Persian king Darius III when Alexander the Great of Macedonia invaded Persia in 334 BC and won the Battle of the Granicus River. ... Rhodes (Greek: Ρόδος Rhódhos; Italian Rodi; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes; Ottoman Turkish: Rodos) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, situated in eastern Aegean Sea. ...

External links

• Pothos.org - Stateira, mother and daughter
• Livius.org - Barsine/Statira