Saturday, March 2, 2019

Pharismanes

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[[File:The Empire and Expeditions of Alexander the Great.png|thumb|upright=1.5|right|Pharismanes received the satrapies of Parthia and Hyrcania under the [[Macedonian Empire]].]]

'''Pharismanes''' was a [[Parthia]]n, son of [[Phrataphernes]], who was appointed [[Hellenistic]] [[satrap]] of the Parthians and [[Gorgan|Hyrcanii]] after his father, circa 320 BCE.<ref name="JR">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

After Alexander had crossed the [[Gedrosian desert]] in 325 BCE, loosing a large part of his army, he was met by [[Craterus]] in [[Carmania]] in December, who was bringing supplies to relieve the troops. Craterus was also accompanied by several Hellenistic satraps, among them [[Stasanor]], satrap of [[Aria]] and [[Zarangia]], and Pharismes, as satrap of Parthia and Hyrcania.<ref name="BY"></ref><ref>"Eodem etiam Stasanor Ariorum et Zarangorum (sive Drangarum) satrapes venit, et cum his Pharismanes Phrataphernis Parthorum et Hyrcanorum satrapæ filius." [[Arrian]], Liv. VI</ref> They brought with them herds of horses and camels, having anticipated that Alexander would have lost most of his livestock in the Gedrosian journey.<ref name="BY"/>

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[[Category:Satraps of the Alexandrian Empire]]
[[Category:4th-century BC Iranian people]]


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