Kleandros (son of Polemocrates)

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Kleandros ( Greek  Κλέανδρος , Latin Cleander ; † 324 BC in Karmana ), son of Polemocrates, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great . He was probably a brother of the general Koinos († 326 BC).

Kleandros took part in the Asian campaign from the beginning and was killed in the autumn of 334 BC. Sent from Asia Minor to the Peloponnese to recruit mercenaries there. He joined in the spring of 332 BC. In Sidon he returned to the main army with 4,000 mercenaries, the following year he replaced Menandros as commander of the mercenary troops. He also led them into the battle of Gaugamela .

In 330 BC Cleandros was assigned to the staff of Generalissimo Parmenion , who was to remain in Ekbatana and from there to keep the supply routes free for the army, which marched further east under Alexander. In the autumn of the same year Kleandros received secret instructions from Alexander regarding the removal of Parmenion, who, according to the testimony of his son Philotas , had been involved in the assassination plot of Dimnos and other conspiracies. Obeying the royal orders, Kleandros and other officers killed the old general to whom he might be related (assuming his brotherhood to Koinos). With some of his officers ( Herakon , Sitalkes , Agathon ), Kleandros became 324 BC. Ordered to Karmana in Carmania , where they were tried in front of the assembled army for crimes against the local population, including rape of Persian nobles, and arbitrary rule. Kleandros and the three others were found guilty and executed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For the father's name, see Arrian Anabasis 1, 24, 2.
  2. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 1, 24, 2; Curtius Rufus 3, 1, 1.
  3. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 2, 20, 5 and 3, 6, 8 (here incorrectly called "Klearchos"); Curtius Rufus 4, 3, 11.
  4. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 3, 12, 2.
  5. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 3, 26, 3; Curtius Rufus 7, 2, 19-32.
  6. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 6, 27, 3-4; Curtius Rufus 10, 1, 1-7.

literature

  • Waldemar Heckel: Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's empire . Blackwell, Oxford 2006, ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9 .
personal data
SURNAME Kleandros
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cleander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Macedonian general
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 324 BC Chr.
Place of death Karmana