Amastris (ruler of Heraclea)

Amastris
Amastris
Ἄμαστρις
	Didrachm of Amastris. Amastris was the first woman to issue coins in her own name. British Museum.
Born	Persia
Died	c. 284 BC; Heraclea Pontica; (modern-day Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey)
Spouses	Craterus; Dionysius; Lysimachus
Children	Clearchus II and Oxyathres
Parent	Oxyathres (father);

Amastris (Greek: Ἄμαστρις; c. 340/39- 284 BC) also called Amastrine, was a Persian princess, and Tyrant-ruler of the city of Heraclea from circa 300 to her death. She was the daughter of Oxyathres, the brother of the Persian King Darius III.^[1] She was the first woman in the Mediterranean publicly identified as the political, economic, and administrative royal authority.^[2]

^ Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, VII. 4.
^ Monica D'Agostini. (2020). Can Powerful Women Be Popular?: Amastris: Shaping a Persian Wife into a Famous Hellenistic Queen. In Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy in the Hellenistic World. Edid. Riemer Faber. Canada: University of Toronto Press.

[1] Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, VII. 4.

[:0-2] Monica D'Agostini. (2020). Can Powerful Women Be Popular?: Amastris: Shaping a Persian Wife into a Famous Hellenistic Queen. In Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy in the Hellenistic World. Edid. Riemer Faber. Canada: University of Toronto Press.

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