(), called Atrapes by
Diodorus (18.4), a Persian satrap, apparently of Media, had the
command of the Medes, together with the Cadusii, Albani, and Sacesinae, at the battle of
Guagamela, B. C. 331. After the death of Dareius, he was made satrap
of Media by Alexander. (Arrian, 3.8, 4.18.) His
daughter was married to Perdiccas in the nuptials celebrated at Susa in B.
C. 324; and he received from his fatherin-law, after Alexander's death, the province of the Greater
Media. (Arrian, 7.4; Just. 18.4 ; Diod. l.c.)
In the northern part of the country, called after him Media Atropatene, he established an
independent kingdom, which continued to exist down to the time of Strabo. (Strab. xi. p.523.) It was related by some authors, that Atropates
on one occasion presented Alexander with a
hundred women, said to be Amazons; but Arrian (7.13) disbelieved the story.