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斯皮瑞達提斯
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Spithridates (; ; fl. 365–334 BC) was a Persian satrap of Lydia and Ionia under the high king Darius III Codomannus. He was one of the Persian commanders at the Battle of the Granicus, in 334 BC. In this engagement, while he was aiming a blow from behind at Alexander the Great, his arm was cut off by Cleitus the Black and he subsequently died.

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Officeholder.name
Spithridates
Officeholder.office
Satrap of Lydia
Officeholder.predecessor
Autophradates
Officeholder.successor
position abolished
Officeholder.image
IONIA,_Achaemenid_Period._Spithridates._Satrap_of_Sparda_(Lydia_and_Ionia),_circa_334_BC.jpg
Officeholder.caption
Coin of Spithridates, Achaemenid Satrap of Sparda (Lydia and Ionia), circa 334 BC
Officeholder.death_date
334 BC
Officeholder.death_place
At the Granicus in the Troad region(modern-day Biga River, Turkey)
Officeholder.termstart
365
Officeholder.termend
334 BC
Officeholder.allegiance
18px|Achaemenid Empire Achaemenid Empire
Officeholder.battles
Wars of Alexander the Great Battle of the Granicus

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human
Gender
male
Occupation
governor
Image
Black Cleitus saves Alexander in the charge at the Granicus (19th century adaptation from the painting by Charles le Brun).jpg
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date of death
0334-01-01
date of birth
0400-01-01
Commons category
Spithridates
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斯皮瑞達提斯(希臘語:Σπιθριδάτης;生存於前四世紀),為波斯阿契美尼德帝國大流士三世時期的呂底亞和愛奧尼亞總督。前334年時,他在格拉尼庫斯河戰役中與其他波斯總督一同出戰。於戰場上,斯皮瑞達提斯在亞歷山大背後,正要舉刀往亞歷山大砍過去時,克利圖斯即時砍下斯皮瑞達提斯的手臂。西西里的狄奧多羅斯把他與大流士三世的女婿米特里達梯搞混,並記載是他的兄弟。

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