Apama
| Apama | |
|---|---|
| Queen of the Seleucid Empire | |
| Spouse | Seleucus I Nicator |
| Issue | Apama of Sogdiana Stratonice of Syria Antiochus I Soter Achaeus |
| Father | Spitamenes |
Apama (Template:Lang-grc), sometimes known as Apama I or Apame I,[1] was the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus I Nicator. They married at Susa in 324 BC. According to ancient sources, Apama was the daughter of the Sogdian baron Spitamenes (Arr. VII, 4, 6, from Ptolemy I).[2][3]
Apama had three children with her husband Seleucus I Nicator, Apama, Antiochus I Soter who inherited the Seleucid throne, and Achaeus. After the death of Apama, Seleucus married Stratonice, daughter of Demetrius I of Macedon, Seleucus had a daughter by Stratonice, who was called Phila.[4] Several towns were named Apamea after her.
Notes
- ^ Apame I
- ^ Magill, Frank N. et al. (1998), The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 1, Pasadena, Chicago, London,: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Salem Press, p. 1010, ISBN 0-89356-313-7.
- ^ Holt, Frank L. (1989), Alexander the Great and Bactria: the Formation of a Greek Frontier in Central Asia, Leiden, New York, Copenhagen, Cologne: E. J. Brill, pp 64–65 (see footnote #63 for a discussion on Spitamenes and Apama), ISBN 90-04-08612-9.
- ^ Source.
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