Apama (Ancient Greek: Ἀπάμα, romanized: Apáma), sometimes known as Apama I or Apame I,[1] was a Sogdian[2] noblewoman and the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus I Nicator.
According to Arrian, Apama was the daughter of the Sogdian baron Spitamenes.
[3][4][5][6] Apame was the only of the Susa wives to become queen as, unlike the other generals, Seleucus kept her after Alexander's death.
[8] According to Malalas's chronicle, he married her after the death of Apama [8] but, according to other sources, she was still alive, as the people of Miletus honored her with a statue that year.
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