Mithrobuzanes Explained

Mithrobuzanes (Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.);: [[wiktionary:Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθrabaujanaʰ|*Miθrabaujanaʰ]]; Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wiktionary:Μιθροβουζάνης|Μιθροβουζάνης]] ; d. 334 BC) was a Persian governor (satrap) of Cappadocia in the 4th century BC, during the reign of Darius III. He was probably a son of Ariarathes.^[1] As a Persian military commander he was killed at the Battle of Granicus fighting Alexander the Great.^{[2] [3]}

The victorious Alexander appointed Abistamenes in his place.^{[4] [5]}

Sources

• Book: Heckel, Waldemar. Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire. 2006. Blackwell Publishing.

External links

• Original text of The Anabasis of Alexander
• English version of The Anabasis of Alexander

Notes and References

1. Marquart 1895, 495
2. [Arrian]
3. [Diodorus]
4. Arrian 2.4.2
5. [Quintus Curtius Rufus|Curtius Rufus]