 The background of Andragoras is obscure.His name may have been a Greek translation of the Old Persian "Narisanka" and Avestan "nairya-sanha-" (one of the messengers of Ahura Mazda).A Greek inscription from Hyrcania (Gurgan) written before 266 BC makes mention of a certain Andragoras of lesser status who was presumably the same person before he was appointed satrap.