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Drypetis (died 323 BCE) was the daughter of Stateira I and Darius III of Persia. Drypetis was born between 350 and 345 BCE, and, along with her sister Stateira II, was a princess of the Achaemenid dynasty.
Dec 15, 1996 · DRYPETIS (Gk. Drýpĕtis [Arrian] or Drypêtis [Diodorus]), daughter of Darius III Codomannus (Arrian, 7.4.5) and younger sister of Stateira (Diodorus, 17.107.6); in the collective wedding arranged by Alexander the Great at Susa in 324 B.C.E. she was given in marriage to Hephaestion (Arrian, 7.4.5; Diodorus, 17.107.6).
Drypetis was the (younger) daughter of Darius III. She was captured by Alexander after Issus in 333 BC, along with her sister Stateira, her mother (also Stateira), and her grandmother Sisygambis. After their capture, the Persian women joined Alexander’s baggage train for around two years (Arr. 2.11.9; Diod. 35f; Pl. Alex. 20.6-21; QC 3.11.24-26).
Drypetis (died 323 BCE) was the daughter of Stateira I and Darius III of Persia. Drypetis was born between 350 and 345 BCE, and, along with her sister Stateira II, was a princess of the Achaemenid dynasty.
Drypetis （ *Druph=tis or Δρυπετις), daughter of Dareius, the last king of Persia, was given in marriage to Hephaestion by Alexander, at the same time that he himself married her sister, Statira, or Barsine. (Arrian, Arr. Anab. 7.4.6; Diod. 17.107.)
Drypetina, Dripetrua (died c. 66 BC) was a devoted daughter of King Mithridates VI of Pontus and his sister-wife Laodice. Biography. Her name is the diminutive form of the name of Drypetis, daughter of the Achaemenid king Darius III. [1] . She had a double row of teeth. [2] .
Although many captured Persian women were treated brutally, under Alexander's orders Stateira, her mother, her sister Drypetis, her younger brother, and their paternal grandmother, Sisygambis, were treated well and allowed to retain their social status.
