to eat. She is said to have died of grief and starvation four days later. Legacy The scene of Sisygambis mistakenly kneeling before Hephaestion has been a popular subject in Western art, represented by Charles le Brun, Paolo Veronese, Justus Sustermans, and many others. Asteroid 823 Sisigambis is named after her. References 4th-century BC births 4th-century BC deaths 4th-century BC women People associated with Alexander the Great Queens of the Achaemenid Empire 4th-century BC Iranian people Women in ancient Near Eastern warfare Uxii Darius III