Orxines

'''Orxines''' was a Persian noble, descended from Cyrus the Great.<ref name="CP Mason - Fellow of University College, London">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gx0QAAAAYAAJ&q=William+Smith+-++A+Dictionary+of+Greek+and+Roman+Biography+and+Mythology%2C+Volume+3|author=CP Mason - Fellow of University College, London|title=A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 3|year=1873|publisher=J. Murray, 1873| accessdate=2015-04-12}}</ref>

He was present at the Battle of Gaugamela.<ref name="CP Mason - Fellow of University College, London"/>

He belonged to the Pasargadae.<ref>Curtius Rufus, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sBxyXb11AzoC&dq=Orxines+persian+Alexander+the+great+Curtius&pg=PA95 Curtius Rufus, Histories of Alexander the Great, Book 10]. Translated by J. C. Yardley Oxford University Press, 12 Mar 2009 {{ISBN|019156785X}} [Retrieved 2015-04-13]</ref>

In 323 BCE, when Alexander the Great returned to Pasargadae, Orxines presented expensive gifts to Alexander and his entourage, but deliberately ignored Alexander's lover, the Persian eunuch Bagoas. When he was told of Alexander's affection for the eunuch, Orxines replied "that he paid his respects to the king’s friends, not his whores, and that it was not the Persian custom to regard as men those who allowed themselves to be sexually used as women." As a result, Bagoas turned Alexander against Orxines, accusing him of stealing from the tomb of Cyrus the Great, and Orxines was executed.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3LpxR8SBw4gC&dq=%22he+replied+that+he+paid+his+respects+to+the+king%E2%80%99s+friends%2C+not+his+whores%2C+and+that+it+was+not+the+Persian+custom+to+regard+as+men+those+who+allowed+themselves+to+be+sexually+used+as+women.%22&pg=PT522 The History of Alexander] by Quintus Curtius Rufus</ref>

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