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Atropates
Atropates (Old Persian: *Ātr̥pātah and Middle Persian Ātūrpāt;[1] Ancient Greek: Ἀτροπάτης Atropátēs; c. 370 BC – after 321 BC) was a Persian[2] nobleman who served Darius III, then Alexander the Great, and eventually founded an independent kingdom and dynasty that was named after him. Diodorus (18.4) refers to him as Atrápēs (Ἀτράπης),[3] while Quintus Curtius (8.3.17) erroneously names him 'Arsaces'.
- ^ Tavernier 2007, pp. 125.
- ^ Fredricksmeyer 2002, p. 92; Schippmann 1987, pp. 221–224; Roisman 2002, p. 187
- ^ Diodorus Siculus. "3". Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική [Historical Library] (in Ancient Greek). Vol. 18.
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