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Parysatis
(c. 350–323 BCE)
BIRTH
c. 350 BCE
PLACE
DEATH
323 BCE
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FAMILY
HOMES
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Parysatis was a wife of Alexander the Great.
EARLY LIFE
The recorded father was Artaxerxes III.
Parysatis is documented in the cited sources as a spouse of Alexander the Great. The marriage is dated 324 BCE in the existing research record. This entry does not yet document a distinct public office or occupation.
CAREER
DEATH
Parysatis, daughter of Artaxerxes III and wife of Alexander the Great, disappears from the record after Alexander’s death in 323 BCE. Some historical accounts identify her as a second victim of Roxana’s elimination of Alexander’s Persian wives; the ancient sources disagree about the second woman’s identity.
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