Alexander the Lynkeste

Alexandros the Lynkeste ( Greek Ἀλέξανδρος ; Latin Alexander ; † 330 BC ) was a Macedonian nobleman and general of Alexander the Great . He was a son of Aeropos of Lynkestis . His ancestors presumably included some Macedonian kings who had usurped the throne against the legitimate Argead family .

After King Philip II of Macedonia was murdered by Pausanias (336 BC), Alexander the Great sought quickly and ruthlessly to secure the throne against all other pretenders and had many rivals eliminated. So also were Heromenes and Arrhabaios , the two brothers of Alexandros of Lynkestis, executed on the day of the funeral for their alleged involvement in the killing of Philip. Alexandros of Lynkestis himself was left alive, having immediately recognized Alexander the great as the new king. A nephew fled to the court of the Persian great king in Persepolis . He was appointed military governor ( strategos ) of Thrace by the new king and led in 335 BC. A Thracian contingent approached the siege of Thebes .

On the Asian campaign, Alexandros took over from Lynkestis after the Battle of Granikos in 334 BC. Chr. From Kalas command of the Thessalian cavalry. During the following siege of Halicarnassus the general Parmenion caught a correspondence of the Persian great king Dareios III. to Alexandros, who uncovered a conspiracy to murder Alexander the great. Alexandros von Lynkestis was promised 1000 talents of silver as well as the Macedonian kingship as wages by the great king . He was arrested but not executed, presumably out of consideration for his father-in-law, Antipater . Only in the course of the trial of Philotas in 330 BC Alexandros' case became topical again. At that time the king saw his rule in danger again due to a suspected plot in his immediate vicinity. He had many actually or allegedly guilty people executed , including Alexandros von Lynkestis, perhaps because he appeared threatening as a potential pretender.

literature

Siegfried Lauffer : Alexander the Great . 3. Edition. Munich 1993, pp. 39 and 119f.

Web links

Julius Kaerst : Alexandros 12) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 1435.

Remarks

↑ Arrian , Anabasis 1, 25, 1; Diodorus 17, 2, 1; see S. Lauffer, 1993, p. 39.
↑ Arrian, Anabasis 1, 25, 2 and 1, 7, 6.
↑ Curtius Rufus 7, 1, 5-9; Diodorus 17, 80, 2; see S. Lauffer, 1993, pp. 119f.

personal data
SURNAME	Alexander the Lynkeste
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Alexandros the Lynkeste
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Conspirators against Alexander the great
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	330 BC Chr.

[1] Arrian , Anabasis 1, 25, 1; Diodorus 17, 2, 1; see S. Lauffer, 1993, p. 39.

[2] Arrian, Anabasis 1, 25, 2 and 1, 7, 6.

[3] Curtius Rufus 7, 1, 5-9; Diodorus 17, 80, 2; see S. Lauffer, 1993, pp. 119f.