Memnon (strategist)
Memnon ( Greek Μέμνων ; died after 326 BC) was a Macedonian general.
Memnon was born in 334 BC. Was entrusted by Alexander the Great with the governorship ( strategos ) in Thrace , as successor to Alexander the Lynkesten . In 331 BC He dared a revolt against the regent Antipater , to which he had to submit again after Antipater had advanced with a superior army in Thrace. Memnon was initially left in his office by Antipater, presumably because he had to turn his full attention to the simultaneous uprising of the Spartians . But as early as 327/326 BC He was ordered to India on the Hydaspes , where he added 5,000 Thracian horsemen and 25,000 weapons, which were gilded and silvered by Harpalus , to the army of Alexander the Great .
His successor in office in Thrace was Zopyrion .
literature
- Gerhard Wirth : Memnon 4. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 1191.
Remarks
- ↑ Diodorus 17, 62, 5-6.
- ↑ Diodorus 17, 63, 1.
- ^ Curtius Rufus 9, 3, 21.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Memnon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Μέμνων |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | General Alexander the Great, strategist of Thrace |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 326 BC Chr. |