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Rhodogune
Rhodogune or Rhodugune may refer to: * Rhodogune (mother of Darius I), an Achaemenid queen * Rhodogune (daughter of Xerxes I), an Achaemenid princess ** Persian Princess, an archaeological forgery regarding the daughter of Xerxes * Rhodogune (daughter of Artaxerxes II), an Achaemenid princess and wife of Orontes I Orontes I ( Old Persian: ''*Arvanta-''; died 344 BC) was a military officer of the Achaemenid Empire and satrap of Armenia at the end of the 5th-century BC and first half of the 4th-century BC. He is notable for having led the unsuccessful Gre ... of Armenia * Rhodogune of Parthia (), daughter of Mithradates I and wife of Demetrios II of Syria {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orontes I
Orontes I ( Old Persian: ''*Arvanta-''; died 344 BC) was a military officer of the Achaemenid Empire and satrap of Armenia at the end of the 5th-century BC and first half of the 4th-century BC. He is notable for having led the unsuccessful Great Satraps' Revolt in Asia Minor against the Achaemenids from 362/1 BC to 360/359 BC. He was the son of Artasyrus, a high-ranking Bactrian nobleman. Through his maternal line, Orontes traced his descent back to the Persian magnate Hydarnes, one of the six companions of the King of Kings Darius the Great (). Orontes first appears in records in 401 BC as the satrap of Armenia. There he participated in the Battle of Cunaxa, where he pursued the Ten Thousand following their retreat. In the same year, he married Rhodogune, a daughter of Artaxerxes II (). In the 380s BC, Orontes along with the satrap Tiribazus were assigned to lead the campaign against Evagoras I (), the king of Salamis in Cyprus. The campaign was initially successful, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodogune Of Parthia
Rhodogune (; 2nd century BCE) was a queen of the Seleucid Empire by marriage to Demetrius II Nicator. She was the daughter of the Parthian king Mithridates I (171-132 BCE), and sister of Phraates II (ruled 132-127 BCE). Life In 138 BCE Rhodogune married Seleucid King Demetrius II Nicator (ruled 146-139 BCE, 129-126 BCE). They were kept by her brother in Hyrcania on the shores of the Caspian Sea, during which time they had several children. During their marriage, Demetrius was temporarily a hostage in the Parthian court after an ill-fated campaign in Babylonia. Polyaenus wrote that Rhodogune, informed of a revolt while preparing for a bath, vowed not to bathe or brush her hair until the revolt was quashed. She immediately went into battle, riding out to the head of her army. She defeated the rebels, and was depicted thereafter on seals of the kings of Persia with long, disheveled hair because of her adherence to her vow. This incident is also mentioned in the anonymously wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodogune (mother Of Darius I)
Rhodogune or Rhodugune may refer to: * Rhodogune (mother of Darius I), an Achaemenid queen * Rhodogune (daughter of Xerxes I), an Achaemenid princess ** Persian Princess, an archaeological forgery regarding the daughter of Xerxes * Rhodogune (daughter of Artaxerxes II), an Achaemenid princess and wife of Orontes I of Armenia * Rhodogune of Parthia Rhodogune (; 2nd century BCE) was a queen of the Seleucid Empire by marriage to Demetrius II Nicator. She was the daughter of the Parthian king Mithridates I (171-132 BCE), and sister of Phraates II (ruled 132-127 BCE). Life In 138 BCE Rhodo ... (), daughter of Mithradates I and wife of Demetrios II of Syria {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodogune (daughter Of Xerxes I)
Rhodogune or Rhodugune may refer to: * Rhodogune (mother of Darius I), an Achaemenid queen * Rhodogune (daughter of Xerxes I), an Achaemenid princess ** Persian Princess, an archaeological forgery regarding the daughter of Xerxes * Rhodogune (daughter of Artaxerxes II), an Achaemenid princess and wife of Orontes I of Armenia * Rhodogune of Parthia Rhodogune (; 2nd century BCE) was a queen of the Seleucid Empire by marriage to Demetrius II Nicator. She was the daughter of the Parthian king Mithridates I (171-132 BCE), and sister of Phraates II (ruled 132-127 BCE). Life In 138 BCE Rhodo ... (), daughter of Mithradates I and wife of Demetrios II of Syria {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodogune (daughter Of Artaxerxes II)
Rhodogune was a Persian princess from the Achaemenid dynasty, who was a daughter of Artaxerxes II (). Following the Battle of Cunaxa in 401 BC, she was given by her father in marriage to the Bactrian nobleman Orontes I, who was the satrap of the satrapy of Armenia. Their marriage is mentioned in one of the ''stelae'' of Mount Nemrut, erected by their descendant Antiochus I of Commagene Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen (, meaning "Antiochos, the just, eminent god, friend of Romans and friend of Greeks", ) was king of the Greco-Iranian kingdom of Commagene and the most famous king of that kingdom. Th ... () in order to highlight the Commagenian claim to Achaemenid ancestry. References Sources * * * * Further reading * {{cite encyclopedia , article = Rhodogune , last = Schmitt , first = Rüdiger , authorlink = , url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/rhodogune , editor-last = , editor-first = , editor-link = , encyclopedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Princess
The Persian Princess or Persian Mummy is a mummy of an alleged Persian princess who surfaced in Pakistani Baluchistan in October 2000. After considerable attention and further investigation, the mummy proved to be an archaeological forgery and possibly a murder victim. Discovery The mummy was found on 19 October 2000. During a murder investigation, Pakistani authorities were alerted to a videotape recorded by Ali Aqbar, in which he claimed to have a mummy for sale. When questioned by the police, Aqbar told them where the mummy was located; at the house of tribal leader Wali Mohammed Reeki in Kharan, Baluchistan near the border of Afghanistan. Reeki claimed he had received the mummy from an Iranian named Sharif Shah Bakhi, who had said that he had found it after an earthquake near Quetta. The mummy had been put up for sale in the black antiquities market for 600 million rupees, the equivalent of $11 million. Reeki and Aqbar were accused of violating the country's Antiquities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |