Mithridates (in Greek Mιθριδατης or Mιθραδατης; killed 334 BC) was a Persian of high rank, and son-in-law of the king Darius III Codomannus, who was slain by Alexander the Great with his own hand, at the battle of the Granicus, 334 BC.1
References
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Mithridates (5)", Boston, (1867)
Note
1 Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, i. 15, 16
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