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» For the city in Paphlagonia, see Amasra.
Amastris (in
Greek Aμαστρις; killed
284 BC), also called
Amastrine, was the daughter of
Oxyathres, the brother of the
Persian king
Darius III, was given by
Alexander the Great in marriage to
Craterus. But Craterus decided to marry
Phila, the daughter of
Antipater.
Latter Amastris married
Dionysius,
tyrant of
Heraclea Pontica, in
Bithynia,
322 BC. After the death of Dionysius, in
306 BC, who left her guardian of their children, Clearchus,
Oxyathres, and Amastris, she married
Lysimachus,
302 BC. Lysimachus, however, abandoned her shortly afterwards, and married
Arsinoe, the daughter of
Ptolemy I Soter, king of
Egypt; whereupon Amastris retired to Heraclea, which she governed in her own right. She also founded shortly after
300 BC a city called after her own name
Amastris, on the sea-coast of
Paphlagonia, by the fusion (synoecism) of the four smaller towns of
Sesamus, Cronma, Cytorus and
Tium, by conquering them. One of these towns, Tium, later regained its autonomy, but the other three remained part of the city of Amastris' territory. She was drowned by her two sons about
284 BC.
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