Drypetis

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4th-century BC Iranian woman Persian princess daughter of a monarch member of the Achaemenid dynasty

Drypetis was a Persian princess of the Achaemenid dynasty, daughter of Darius III, who became the wife of Alexander the Great’s close companion Hephaestion.

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Label Occurrences
Drypetis canonical 4

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 4th-century BC Iranian woman ⓘ
Persian princess ⓘ
daughter of a monarch ⓘ
member of the Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Alexander the Great ⓘ
Hephaestion ⓘ
battleContext Battle of Issus ⓘ
birthPlace Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
capturedBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
childOf Darius III ⓘ
Stateira I ⓘ
contemporaryOf Alexander the Great ⓘ
Hephaestion ⓘ
Stateira II ⓘ
culture Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Achaemenid Persian
deathCircumstances likely killed in dynastic purges after Alexander’s death (uncertain) ⓘ
dynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
historicalSource Arrian of Nicomedia ⓘ
surface form: Arrian

Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
house House of Darius I ⓘ
surface form: House of Darius III
languageLikelySpoken Greek ⓘ
Old Persian ⓘ
marriageArrangedBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
marriageContext Susa weddings ⓘ
notableEvent captured by Alexander the Great after the Battle of Issus ⓘ
notableFor being daughter of the last Achaemenid king Darius III ⓘ
marriage to Hephaestion at Susa weddings ⓘ
politicalRole dynastic link between Macedonian and Achaemenid elites ⓘ
politicalStatus royal hostage in Alexander’s camp ⓘ
region Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
relativeByMarriage Alexander the Great ⓘ
religionLikely Zoroastrianism ⓘ
residedWith Darius III ⓘ
Stateira I ⓘ
Stateira II ⓘ
sibling Stateira II ⓘ
spouse Hephaestion ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BC ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Stateira II → sibling → Drypetis ⓘ
Darius III → child → Drypetis ⓘ
Stateira I → motherOf → Drypetis ⓘ
Barsine → sibling → Drypetis ⓘ