Drypetis

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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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Drypetis canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Persian ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
deathCircumstances likely killed in dynastic purges after Alexander’s death (uncertain) ⓘ
dynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
historicalSource Arrian ⓘ
linked to: Arrian of Nicomedia

Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
house House of Darius III ⓘ
linked to: House of Darius I
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stateira II → sibling → Drypetis ⓘ
Darius III → child → Drypetis ⓘ
Stateira I → motherOf → Drypetis ⓘ
Barsine → sibling → Drypetis ⓘ
Darius III → child → Drypetis ⓘ
subject linked to: Darius Codomannus