Eurylochus (General of Ptolemy IV)
Eurylochos ( Greek Εὐρύλοχος ) was in the 3rd century BC. A general of the Egyptian king Ptolemy IV. Philopator .
According to the Greek historian Polybios , who provides the only surviving information about Eurylochos, this came from Magnesia, although it is not clear whether the Thessalian landscape Magnesia or the city of Magnesia on the meander is meant. When Sosibios and Agathocles , who were the decisive leaders of Egyptian politics under Ptolemy IV, had the Ptolemaic armed forces armed and trained to prepare them for the upcoming military decision against the Seleucid king Antiochus III. To prepare the great ones, the officer Eurylochus was one of their instructors. Soon afterwards, Eurylochus became the commander of 3,000 royal bodyguards and took with them in 217 BC. In the battle of Raphia , in which the Egyptians a significant victory over Antiochus III. won. Eurylochus is no longer mentioned later.
literature
- Werner Huss : Egypt in the Hellenistic Period 332–30 BC Chr . CH Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-47154-4 , p. 393; 397 .
- Hugo Willrich : Eurylochos 8). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 1333.
Remarks
- ↑ Werner Huss , Egypt in Hellenistic Time , p. 393, note 65.
- ↑ Polybios 5, 63, 11f.
- ↑ Polybios 5, 65, 2; on this Werner Huss, Egypt in Hellenistic Times , p. 397, note 116.
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| SURNAME | Eurylochus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | General Ptolemy IV. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 217 BC Chr. |