Artabāzus

, a son of Pharnaces, general in the army of Xerxes. He fled from Greece upon the ill succe of Mard on i us. Hero dot us , bks. 7, 8, & 9.――A general who made war against Artaxerxes, and was defeated. He was afterwards reconciled to his prince, and became the familiar friend of Darius  III. After the murder of this prince, he surrendered himself up with his sons to Alexander, who treated him with much humanity and confidence. Curtius , bk. 5 , chs. 9 & 12; bk. 6 , ch. 5 ; bk. 7 , chs. 3 & 5; bk. 8 , ch. 1 .――An officer of Artaxerxes against Datames. Diodorus , bk. 15 .