Philip (son of Agathocles)

Philippos ( Greek Φίλιππος ; † 328/327 BC), son of Agathocles, was a soldier of Alexander the great in the 4th century BC. His brothers were the future Diadoche Lysimachos and Autodikos and probably Alkimachos .

During the last battles against local nests of resistance in Central Asian Sogdia in the winter of 328 to 327 BC, Philip was defeated . Called in the temporal context after the capture of the rock castle of Sisimithres . He fought on foot alongside the mounted Alexander, which probably identifies him as a member of the guard corps ( agema ) of the shield bearers ( hypaspistai ). Mortally wounded, he died in the arms of Alexander.

literature

Waldemar Heckel : Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's empire. Blackwell, Malden MA et al. 2006, ISBN 1-4051-1210-7 , p. 213.

swell

Curtius Rufus 8, 2, 35-40.
Justin 15, 3, 12.

personal data
SURNAME	Philip, son of Agathocles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Φίλιππος
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Macedonian officer
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	328/327 BC Chr.