Abistamenes
was appointed governor of Cappadocia by Alexander the Great. (Curt. 3.4.) He is called Sabictas by Arrian. (Anab. 2.4.) Gronovius conjectures that instead of Abistamene Cuppadociae praeposito, we ought to read Abicta magnae Cappadociae, &c.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.