Mithrenes
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Mithrenes (in Greek Mιθρένης or Mιθρίνης; lived 4th century BC) was commander of the Persian force which garrisoned the citadel of Sardis. After the battle of the Granicus (334 BC) Mithrines surrendered voluntarily to Alexander the Great, and was treated by him with great distinction. After the battle of Gaugamela (331 BC) Alexander appointed him satrap of Armenia.1
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- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Mithrenes", Boston, (1867)
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1 Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, i. 17, iii. 16
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
