- Spithridates
Spithridates (in Greek Σπιθριδάτης; lived
4th century BC ) wassatrap ofLydia andIonia under thehigh king Darius III Codomannus was one of the Persian commanders at thebattle of the Granicus , in334 BC , in which engagement, while he was aiming a blow from behind atAlexander the Great , his arm was cut off by Clitus, son of Dropides.rf|1|arr_1.12_15_16 Diodorus calls him Spithrobates, and appears to confound him with Mithridates, the son-in-law of Darius, whom Alexander slew in the battle with his own hand; while whatArrian records of Spithridates is related by Diodorus of his brother Rhoesaces.rf|2|diod_17.19_20_plut1_16_plut2_1.2References
*Smith, William (editor); "
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology ", [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/3229.html "Spithridates (2)"] ,Boston , (1867)Notes
ent|1|arr_1.12_15_16 Arrian, "
Anabasis Alexandri ", [http://websfor.org/alexander/arrian/book1a.asp i. 12, 15, 16] ent|2|diod_17.19_20_plut1_16_plut2_1.2 Diodorus, "Bibliotheca", [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Diod.+17.19.1 xvii. 19] , [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Diod.+17.20.1 20] ;Plutarch , "Parallel Lives ", "Alexander", [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plut.+Caes.+16.1 16] , "Moralia ", "On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander", [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/Fortuna_Alexandri*/1.html#2 i. 2]---------------
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.