A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Φαραδμάνης).

1. A king of the Scythian tribe of the Chorasmians, who presented himself to Alexander the Great at Zariaspa, B. C. 328, with friendly offers, which were favourably received, and an alliance concluded between them. He promised the Macedonian king his assistance in conquering the tribes between the Caspian and the Euxine seas, when Alexander should have leisure for this expedition. (Arr. Anab. 4.15.)