| Mithridates | |
|---|---|
| Μιθριδάτης or Μιθραδάτης | |
| Born | Ancient Greece |
| Died | d. 334 BC Turkey |
| Cause of death | stabbed with a lance by Alexander the Great |
Mithridates or Mithradates (Greek: Μιθριδάτης or Μιθραδάτης) was a Persian noble. His wife was the daughter of Darius III with the sister of Pharnaces, which made him the son-in-law of Darius. He was slain by the hand of Alexander the Great himself, at the Battle of the Granicus (modern-day Turkey) in 334 BC, when Alexander plunged his lance through Mithridates' face.
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- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Mithridates (5)", Boston, (1867)
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