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ATROPATENE (Ancient province) IRAN
Atropates, called Atrapes by Diodorus (xviii. 4), a Persian satrap, apparently
of Media, had the command of the Medes, together with the Cadusii, Albani, and
Sacesinae, at the battle of Guagamela, B. C. 331. After the death of Dareius,
he was made satrap of Media by Alexander (Arrian, iii. 8, iv. 18). His daughter
was married to Perdiccas in the nuptials celebrated at Susa in B. C. 324; and
he received from his fatherin-law, after Alexander's death, the province of the
Greater Media (Arrian, vii. 4; Justin. xviii. 4; Diod. l. c.). In the northern
part of the country, called after him Media Atropatene, he established an independent
kingdom, which continued to exist down to the time of Strabo (Strab. xi. p. 523).
It was related by some authors, that Atropates on one occasion presented Alexander
with a hundred women, said to be Amazons; but Arrian (vii. 13) disbelieved the
story.
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Oct 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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