1 - Stateira, wife of Darius III of the Achaemenid dynasty. Captured by Alexander the Great after the Battle of Issus, 333 BCE. Died giving birth, still in captivity. Darius III or Codomannus (c. ... Achaemenid Empire The Achaemenid Dynasty was a dynasty in the ancient Persian Empire, including Cyrus II the Great, Darius I and Xerxes I. At the height of their power, the Achaemenid rulers of Persia ruled over territories roughly emcompassing some parts of todays Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon... Alexander the Great (in Greek , transliterated Megas Alexandros) (July 356 BC – June 11, 323 BC), King of Macedon (336–323 BC), is considered one of the most successful military commanders in world history, conquering most of the world known to the ancient Greeks before his death. ... In the Battle of Issus in 333 BC Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated Darius III of Persia. ...

2 - Stateira, daughter of Stateira-1 and Darius III. Sister of Drypteis, and granddaughter of Sisygambis. Captured along with her family at the Battle of Issus. Married Alexander III of Macedon. Originally bethrothed to Mazaeus, who died in 328 BCE. Murdered in 323 BCE by Roxana (Pl. Alex. 77.4). Arrian calls Stateira "Barsine" but she is not to be confused with Barsine the wife of Memnon (Arr. 7.4.4-8). Darius III or Codomannus (c. ... Sisygambis was the mother of Darius III of Persia, whose reign was ended in the wars of Alexander the Great. ... In the Battle of Issus in 333 BC Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated Darius III of Persia. ... Alexander the Great (in Greek , transliterated Megas Alexandros) (July 356 BC – June 11, 323 BC), King of Macedon (336–323 BC), is considered one of the most successful military commanders in world history, conquering most of the world known to the ancient Greeks before his death. ... Roxana (in Bactrian Roshanak, lit. ... Lucius Flavius Arrianus Xenophon (c 92-c 175), known in English as Arrian, was a Roman historian. ... 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. ...

External Links

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