Back Rodoquna AZ Rhodogune (Gemahlin des Orontes I.) German Ροδογούνη (κόρη του Αρταξέρξη Β΄) Greek روزگونه (دختر اردشیر دوم) FA Rodoguna (filha de Artaxerxes II) Portuguese Родогуна (дочь Артаксеркса II) Russian
Rhodogune was a Persian princess from the Achaemenid dynasty, who was a daughter of Artaxerxes II (r. 404–358 BC).[1]
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.[2] Their marriage is mentioned in one of the stelae of Mount Nemrut, erected by their descendant Antiochus I of Commagene (r. 70–31 BC) in order to highlight the Commagenian claim to Achaemenid ancestry.[3][4]
- ^ Stronk 2016, p. 236 (see note 166.
- ^ Schmitt 2002.
- ^ Shayegan 2016, p. 13.
- ^ Brijder 2014, p. 330.