Son of Darius III the Great?

When Darius III fled, Alexander the Great captured his family, that is, his mother Sisygambis, wife Statira I and his three children - of which two were daughters, Statira II and Drypteis. Alexander apparently consorted with Statira I for a while; after she died in childbirth he married her daughter and gave the other to Hephaistion.

My question is - what happened to Darius' third child? It seems to have been a son, but I've been unable to uncover anything about him. Sisygambis apparently commited suicide/starved herself to death shortly after Alexander's death, fearing what would happen to herself and her grandchildren under future rulers, which would seem to indicate that Alexander had been kind to them all until the end (hence the great esteem she had for him).

Anyway, anyone have any info they can share?
 
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Yes, the third child was a son, named Ochus. Alexander at least appeared to like him when they first met; one contemporary source records that he said something like, "If only the father were more like the son." I don't know anything about what happened to him afterwards, and a brief Googling turns up a couple entries saying nothing about him is recorded.
 
Thanks. How likely is it that he'd be given a satrapy of his own down the line?
Depends on his behavior, I think, and whether there're any rebellions in his favor. If there aren't, and he behaves well, I think a surviving Alexander might give him some satrapy somewhere. I'm not sure how Selucius felt, though.
 
The simple answer is that there is no information on what happened to Ochus. (as Curtius names him, IIRC) He could have either died relatively young, been murdered for the same motives that pertained in respect of Statiera, or simply disapeared into obscurity. Personally, I find it unlikely that he would have survived the post-mortem purge carried out by Roxanne and Perdiccas, assuming he survived that long.
 
Assuming he lives to adult hood, maybe a longer lived Alexander would have permitted young Ochus to continue the Achaeminid line. Do as his father did with Amyntas IV, adopt and marry him into the family.
 
Assuming he lives to adult hood, maybe a longer lived Alexander would have permitted young Ochus to continue the Achaeminid line. Do as his father did with Amyntas IV, adopt and marry him into the family.

Hmmm... And then you have some one have a revelation about how bad he was and have the "Anti-Ochus Epiphanies"?:p:)
 
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