Artakama

Persian daughter of Artabazus II, married to Ptolemy at Susa in 324 BCE. Plutarch calls Ptolemy’s bride Apama; whether this was another name or a confusion is disputed. Her mother and later fate are uncertain. No children of this marriage are known.

Parentage

• father: Artabazus IIArtabazus is explicitly named as her father; her mother is not identified in this passage.Arrian, Anabasis 7.4.4-8 (E. J. Chinnock translation), especially 7.4.6 (primary)

Names and tradition associations

• Apama (Plutarch’s name for Ptolemy’s bride) Achaemenid Persian · same recordPlutarch, Eumenes 1.3 (Bernadotte Perrin translation) (primary); Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Artakama, text and notes 1-5 (secondary); Alireza Shapur Shahbazi, Apama, entry 2, Encyclopaedia Iranica II/2, p. 150 (secondary)

Variant accounts

• namePlutarch names Ptolemy’s bride Apama where Arrian names Artacama. Bennett considers this a confusion with Seleucus’s wife; Shahbazi lists both names for Artabazus’s daughter. This name attestation does not identify her with Seleucus’s wife or with Artabazus’s mother.Arrian, Anabasis 7.4.4-8 (E. J. Chinnock translation), especially 7.4.6 (primary); Plutarch, Eumenes 1.3 (Bernadotte Perrin translation) (primary); Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Artakama, text and notes 1-5 (secondary); Alireza Shapur Shahbazi, Apama, entry 2, Encyclopaedia Iranica II/2, p. 150 (secondary)
• parentageBennett proposes Artabazus’s unnamed Rhodian wife as Artakama’s mother but says the maternity is not explicitly stated. Her mother’s identity remains unresolved.Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Artakama, text and notes 1-5 (secondary)
• marriageBennett treats repudiation after Alexander’s death as conditional. The Susa wedding is recorded without asserting a divorce date or children.Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Artakama, text and notes 1-5 (secondary)

Relations

• father: Artabazus IIArtabazus is explicitly named as her father; her mother is not identified in this passage.Arrian, Anabasis 7.4.4-8 (E. J. Chinnock translation), especially 7.4.6 (primary)
• spouse: Ptolemy I SoterMarriage at Susa; continuation or dissolution after Alexander’s death is not established.Arrian, Anabasis 7.4.4-8 (E. J. Chinnock translation), especially 7.4.6 (primary)

Sources

• Artabazus’s daughter married Ptolemy in the Susa wedding ceremony arranged by Alexander.: Arrian, Anabasis 7.4.4-8 (E. J. Chinnock translation), especially 7.4.6 (primary)
• Plutarch calls Ptolemy’s bride Apama; modern interpretations differ on whether this is an alternative name or a confusion.: Plutarch, Eumenes 1.3 (Bernadotte Perrin translation) (primary); Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Artakama, text and notes 1-5 (secondary); Alireza Shapur Shahbazi, Apama, entry 2, Encyclopaedia Iranica II/2, p. 150 (secondary)
• The Susa marriage is conventionally dated to 324 BCE; the mother and any repudiation are uncertain, and no children of this union are known.: Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Artakama, text and notes 1-5 (secondary)