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'Apama' was the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus Nicator. They married at Susa in 324.
According to ancient sources, Apama was the daughter of the Sogdian baron Spitamenes (Arr. VII,4,6, from Ptolemy I).
Apama and Seleucus had two daughters, Apama and Laodice, and two sons, Antiochus I, who inherited the Seleucid throne, and Achaeus. After the death of Apama, Seleucus married Stratonice, daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes, Seleucus had a daughter by Stratonice, who was called Phila.^[1]
Several towns were named Apamea after her.

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