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Name Sisygambis
Gender Feminine
Usage Old Persian (Hellenized)
Scripts Σισύγαμβις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /si.sy.ˈɡam.bis/(Classical Latin) /si.si.ˈɡam.bis/(Modern Italianate Ecclesiastical Latin)
Other Forms FormsSisúgambis, Sisýgambis (Ancient Greek), Sisýgamvis (Modern Greek), Sisigambis
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Meaning & History
Sisygambis was an Achaemenid queen consort, the mother of Darius III, and was a friend of Alexander the Great and Hephaestion. This name is of uncertain etymology.