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Some eunuchs found Cyrus and tried to bring him to safety, but a Caunian among the king's camp followers struck a vein behind his knee with a dart, making him fall and strike his head on a stone, whereupon he died. Unwisely, Mithridates boasted of killing Cyrus in the court, and Parysatis had him executed by scaphism.
Parysatis, the youngest daughter of Artaxerxes III of Persia, married Alexander the Great in 324 BC at the Susa weddings. She may have been murdered by Alexander's first wife, Roxana, in 323 BC.
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Born around 350 bce; died in 323 bce; youngest daughter of Artaxerxes III Ochos, king of Persia (r. 359/8–338 bce) and sister of Artaxerxes IV, king of Persia (r. 338–336 bce); married Alexander III the Great (356–323 bce), king of Macedonia (r. 335–323 bce).
Parysatis was a Persian queen, the daughter of the satrap of Media, and wife of King Darius II. She played a significant role in the political landscape of the Achaemenid Empire, especially during the reign of her husband and in the events that followed.
Mar 6, 2020 · Another version of the story has Parysatis decree the death of Mithridates. Parysatis remained as influential a figure in Artaxerxes II's court as she had been during the reign of Darius II. She had spies everywhere who kept her well-informed and enhanced her influence.
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Parysatis kept Gigis at home with her a long time, and though the king commanded her, she would not produce her. But she, at last herself desiring that she might be dismissed to her own home by night, Artaxerxes had intimation of it, and lying in wait for her, hurried her away, and adjudged her to
