An entry on Dareios III, king of Persia 336-330 BCE.
[1] Here as frequently elsewhere, the Suda simply uses the word o(/ti when quoting from an unnamed author. On the basis of alpha 1121, which we know independently quotes John of Antioch (fr. 74 Roberto), it is orthodox to suppose that the Suda has here also quoted from the same author (fr. 41).
[2] At Ipsos (near present-day Iskenderun) in 333 BCE and at Gaugamela (near Mosul) in 331 BCE. See the Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii. It probably depicts the battle of Ipsos; at any rate it shows both Alexander and Dareios in the heat of the battle. See web address 1.
[3] Dareios' letters to Alexander following the Battle of Ipsos are referred to here. Dareios proposed that he and Alexander become friends and allies and he offered his daughter Barsine (also called Statira) in marriage. Rhoxane was the daughter of Oxyartes, the satrap of Sogdiana. See Quintus Curtius 4.1.7-10; 4.5.1-6; Justin 11.12.3-4; Diodorus Siculus 17.54.1. See in general Bosworth (below) 227-229.
[4] The Suda is mistaken here. According to all the major sources Bessos fled after mortally wounding Dareios.
[5] alpha 1121; delta 442; delta 72/delta 73 (the wrong Dareios, however!). (For the 'see above' formula cf. delta 700, epsilon 4017.)