Barsine

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Gender :	female
Lifetime :	309 B.C. (death) / century: 4 B.C.
Origin :	Persian
Source :	Alexander
Notes :	Wife of Mentor and after his death of his brother Memnon, Greek mercenary commanders in service of the Persian king. Became the lover of Alexander the Great and in 327 she gave birth to his son Heracles.
Involved Violence [1] :	Barsine, Memnon's widow, is taken prisoner at Damascus.
External Source :	http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/barsine-e212930
Created at :	2014-07-09 : 11:38:26
Last changed :	2015-09-18 : 01:28:38
MyCoRe ID :	Antiquity_person_00000432
Static URL :	https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_person_00000432

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