<GetPassage xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns="http://chs.harvard.edu/xmlns/cts">
            <request>
                <requestName>GetPassage</requestName>
                <requestUrn>urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1:A.arsites_1</requestUrn>
            </request>
            <reply>
                <urn>urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1:A.arsites_1</urn>
                <passage>
                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text xml:base="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><body xml:lang="eng" n="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><div type="textpart" subtype="alphabetic_letter" n="A"><div type="textpart" subtype="entry" xml:id="arsites-bio-1" n="arsites_1"><head><persName xml:lang="la"><surname full="yes">Arsi'tes</surname></persName></head><p>(<label xml:lang="grc">Ἀρσίτης</label>), the satrap of the Hellespontine Phrygia when
      Alexander the Great invaded Asia. After the defeat of the Persians at the Granicus, Arsites
      retreated to Phrygia, where he put an end to his own life, because he had advised the satraps
      to fight with <ref target="alexander-the-great-bio-1">Alexander</ref>, instead of retiring
      before him and laying waste the country, as Memnon had recommended. (Arrian, <bibl n="Arr. An. 1.13">Arr. Anab. 1.13</bibl>, <bibl n="Arr. An. 1.17">17</bibl>; <bibl n="Paus. 1.29.7">Paus. 1.29.7</bibl>.)</p></div></div></body></text></TEI>
                </passage>
            </reply>
            </GetPassage>