Koinos (General)

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Koinos (ancient Greek Κοίνος , Latin Coenus ; † 326 BC ), son of Polemocrates, was a Macedonian general.

Koinos is first mentioned in 335 BC. Mentioned as a warrior of King Alexander the Great in the fight against the Illyrian king Glaukias . At the same time he married the daughter of the leading Macedonian general Parmenion , who was also the widow of Attalus , the opponent of Alexander . With her he had the son of Perdiccas.

He took part in all the battles of the Asian campaign as leader of the battle- hardened Elimiot phalanx and suffered an arrow wound near Gaugamela . In the affair surrounding the assassination attempt by Dimnos in 330 BC BC against Alexander Koinos appeared as a particularly zealous accuser against his brother-in-law Philotas . Allegedly he wanted to throw the first stone against the alleged conspirator, but was prevented from doing so by Alexander. Together with Krateros and Hephaistion , he demanded the use of torture on Philotas. Koinos was less convinced of his guilt, rather he wanted to avoid his own suspicions as the defendant's brother-in-law. The matter ended with the execution of Philotas and Parmenion. Subsequently, Koinos took part in the winter of 328 BC. In the successful fight against the Spitamenes , whom he defeated in the battle of Gabai .

In India , Koinos was 326 BC. Responsible for the transport of the Indus fleet over land, probably following the Uttarapatha road to the Hydaspes . He was then decisively involved in the battle against Poros by leading the cavalry he led after bypassing the enemy lines in his rear. Later in the year, an army revolt put an end to Alexander's further advance into India. Koinos acted as the spokesman for the army and moved Alexander to march back home. Shortly afterwards he died while preparing the Indus trip after an illness. Alexander granted him an elaborate state funeral. The Roman historian Curtius later indicated that Alexander was involved in the death of Koinos.

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  1. ^ Arrian , Anabasis , 1.6.
  2. ↑ Curtius Rufus , 6.9.30.
  3. ↑ Curtius Rufus, 4.16.32 and Diodor , 17.61.3.
  4. ↑ Curtius Rufus, September 6, 30–31.
  5. ↑ Curtius Rufus, 6.11.10-11.
  6. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis , 5.17.
  7. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis, 5.27–28 and Curtius Rufus, 9.3.3–18.
  8. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 6.2.
  9. ↑ Curtius Rufus, 9.3.20.
personal data
SURNAME Koinos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Macedonian general
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 326 BC Chr.