Cleophis

Kleophis was in the 4th century BC, a queen of the Indian people of Assakener and the mother of tribal leaders Assakenos.

Following the conquest of the Persian Empire Alexander the Great took an India campaign. In the course of which he made ​​war upon the end of 327 BC, also settled in the mountains of Swat Assakener, but there was the strong city Massaga only after heavy fighting. After the surrender of the city of Macedon king had massacred the Indian mercenary troops of the Assakener ruthless.

The philologist Wilhelm Kroll holds only the scarce tradition of the Alexander historian Arrian credible, according to the came the mother and daughter of the King Assakenos after the conquest Massa gas in the captivity of Alexander the Great. The Sicilian historian Diodorus reports that the queen of Assakener after comparison with the Macedonians for the transfer of Massaga Alexander admired generosity, sent him costly presents, and promised to obey all his commands.

In the opinion of Wilhelm Kroll there is a novelistic embellishment of Kleophis episode especially in the Metz Epitome, Quintus Curtius Rufus, and Justin. According to the Metz Epitome Kleophis was the mother of King Mesagenus and led to her grandson the rule. Because they could not prevail, that resulted in their enclosed by the Macedonians city, let them come Alexander the Great secretly an embassy. After the conquest of the city, they paid homage to the king of Macedon, and was allowed to stay apparently because of their good looks queen. Similarly, Curtius Rufus tells that Kleophis the government introduced in place of her deceased son Assakenos and his son. When Alexander the Great Massaga had taken, he Reserve left it - allegedly because he was fascinated by her beauty - in her royal position. They later brought to a son, whom she named Alexander, but leaves it Curtius Rufus uncertain who was the boy's father. For Justin finally it is clear that Kleophis saved her throne by 've slept after their surrender with Alexander and borne him a son of the same, which is why they had been called by the Indians as a royal whore ( scortum regium ). In the Metz Epitome, however, not born after the Macedonian conquest of Assakener child of Kleophis is mentioned.

Perhaps the Kleophis history served as a model for occurring in the Alexander Romance Candace.