- Stateira II
Stateira II ("creation of the stars") was daughter of
Stateira I and Darius III ofPersia , sister ofDrypteis , and granddaughter ofSisygambis . The Macedonian forces captured Stateira II along with her family at the Battle of Issus when Darius was defeated. Although originally betrothed toMazaeus , who died in 328 BC, she marriedAlexander the Great in 324 BC atSusa at a great wedding ceremony, where many officers of Alexander were married to noble Persians.Upon the death of Alexander,
Roxana , Alexander's other wife, [Pl. Alex. 77.4] murdered Stateira II and her sister in 323 BC at Babylon; their bodies were thrown into a well of starving canibals.Arrian , a later Greek historian (c. 86 - after 146), calls Stateira II, "Barsine," but she should not be confused withBarsine the wife of Memnon ofRhodes . [Arr. 7.4.4-8]References
External links
* [http://pothos.org/alexander.asp?paraID=138&keyword_id=9&title=Stateira,%20mother%20and%20daughter Pothos.org - Stateira, mother and daughter]
* [http://www.livius.org/so-st/statira/statira.html Livius.org - Barsine/Statira]
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