Orxines

Orxines was a Persian noble, descended from Cyrus.[1]

He was present at the Battle of Gaugamela [1]

He belonged to the Pasargadae tribe.[2]

He died by being executed.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 CP Mason - Fellow of University College, London. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 3. J. Murray, 1873. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
  2. ↑ Curtius Rufus -Curtius Rufus, Histories of Alexander the Great, Book 10 Translated by J. C. Yardley Oxford University Press, 12 Mar 2009 ISBN 019156785X [Retrieved 2015-04-13]
  3. ↑ Arrian,, M Hammond:taught at St Paul's School, Harrow School, and Eton College, where he was Head of Classics from 1974 to 1980, J Atkinson:taught at the universities of Zimbabwe, South Africa in Pretoria, and Cape Town - Alexander the Great: The Anabasis and the Indica (p.317) Oxford University Press, 14 Feb 2013 ISBN 0199587248 [Retrieved 2015-04-13]


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