Artonis

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Artonis ( Greek  Ἄρτωνις ) was one in the 4th century BC. Living Persian nobles and the wife of Eumenes von Kardia , the chancellor of Alexander the great .

Life

Artonis was a daughter of Artabazos II and thus a great-granddaughter of the Persian great king Artaxerxes II. Her mother was probably the only known wife of Artabazos II, a sister of the Rhodian generals Memnon and Mentor , who is said to have borne Artabazos eleven sons and ten daughters . Two sisters of Artonis are known by name, namely Artakama , the wife of Ptolemy I , and Barsine , the lover of Alexander the great.

Because of his rebellion against King Artaxerxes III. Artabazos had to around 352 BC. Flee with his family to the court of the Macedonian king Philip II . Artonis probably accompanied her father and returned with him in the second half of the 340s BC. Back to Asia again. After the Battle of Issus , Barsine fell in late 333 BC. Near Damascus in Macedonian captivity. Her sisters Artonis and Artakama may also have been captured. In the spring of 324 BC Artonis married at the mass wedding of Susa Eumenes of Kardia. Nothing is known about her further life.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Arrian , Anabasis 7, 4, 6; Plutarch , Eumenes 1, 7.
  2. ^ So Diodor , Bibliothéke historiké 16, 52, 4.
  3. ↑ Diodor, Bibliothéke historiké 16, 52, 3f.
  4. ^ Curtius Rufus , Historiae Alexandri Magni Macedonis 3, 13, 14; Iustinus , Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi 11, 10, 2.
  5. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 7, 4, 6. On the other hand, Plutarch ( Eumenes 1, 7) wrongly names Eumenes' wife Barsine .
personal data
SURNAME Artonis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of Eumenes of Cardia
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.