Archon (Satrap)
Archon ( Greek ῎Αρχων ; † 321 BC ), son of Kleinias and Synesis from Pella , was a soldier and governor of Alexander the Great .
During the Asian campaign in 326 B.C.E. Chr. Named as one of the Trierarchs of the Indus fleet. After Alexander's death in 323 BC He was appointed satrap of Babylon in the subsequent imperial order . It is unclear whether he had previously received this post from Alexander as the official successor of the Stamenes or was only awarded it in the imperial order. After the regent Perdiccas in 321 BC. BC from Babylon to Asia Minor, Archon immediately turned against him. So he supported the diversion of Alexander's funeral procession to Egypt by the generals Arrhidaios and Ptolemaios . Perdiccas therefore appointed his henchman Dokimos to the satrap of Babylon, who besieged the city with an army. In the subsequent defense, Archon died after numerous wounds.
After his death, a group of statues that was no longer preserved was consecrated to him, his parents and his brothers in the Delphic sanctuary . This honor was sought by his hometown Pella. Archon himself seems to have been portrayed as the victor of the Pythias in a pair . The two consecration epigrams that have been preserved honor him as the victor of the Isthmia and Pythia, as a companion of Alexander and as the satrap of Babylon.
literature
- Hans Volkmann : Archon 1). In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 517.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arrian , Index 18.3.
- ↑ Diodorus 3/18/3; Justin 04/13/23.
- ↑ Arrian, Tà metà Aléxandron 24.3–5.
- ↑ See: Yearbook of the German Archaeological Institute, Vol. 88 (Walter de Gruyter, 1974).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Archon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ῎Αρχων (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Satrap of Babylon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 321 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Babylon |