Pharnabazus II

Pharnabazus II
Portrait of Pharnabazus II on his coinage.
Satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia
In office 413 BC – 387 BC
Preceded by	Pharnaces II
Succeeded by	Ariobarzanes of Phrygia
Personal details
Spouse(s)	Apama, daughter of Artaxerxes II of Persia
Children	Artabazos II
Parent	Pharnaces II of Phrygia
Military service
Allegiance	Achaemenid Empire
Battles/wars	Peloponnesian War Battle of Cyzicus Corinthian War Battle of Cnidus

Pharnabazus II (Old Iranian: Farnabāzu, Greek: Φαρνάβαζος Pharnabazos; ruled 413-374 BC)^[2] was a Persian soldier and statesman, and Satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia. He was the son of Pharnaces II of Phrygia and grandson of Pharnabazus I, and great-grandson of Artabazus I. He and his male ancestors, forming the Pharnacid dynasty, had governed the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia from its headquarters at Dascylium since 478 BC. He married Apama, daughter of Artaxerxes II of Persia, and their son Artabazus also became a satrap of Phrygia. According to some accounts, his granddaughter Barsine may have become Alexander the Great's concubine.^[3]

According to research by Theodor Nöldeke, he was descended from Otanes, one of the associates of Darius in the murder of Smerdis.