Philip (son of Menelaus)
Philippos ( Greek Φίλιππος ; † after 330 BC), son of Menelaus, was an officer in the army of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC.
It is unclear whether he was a Macedonian . For the first time he is in the battle of Granikos in 334 BC. BC called as the Hipparchus of the Peloponnesian cavalry . Probably in the spring of 333 BC. BC he took over the command of the Thessalian cavalry from the imprisoned Alexander the Lynkesten . In this command he was taken when taking Damascus in 332 BC. Under Parmenion and in the battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC. Called BC. After the official end of the campaign of revenge, Alexander dismissed in Ekbatana 330 BC. The Thessalian cavalry out of his service, Philippos remained in the army as the commander of the mounted mercenaries, among whom there were still 130 Thessalian volunteers. After the death of Philotas , he led this division to the main army in the province of Areia .
After that Philip, son of Menelaus, is no longer mentioned. To what extent he could have been identical with the later named Satrap of Bactria, Philip , cannot be determined.
literature
- Ernst Badian : Philippos [10]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 9, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01479-7 , column 806.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arrian , Anabasis 1, 14, 3.
- ↑ On Damascus see Plutarch , Alexander 24, 1-3; on Gaugamela see Arrian, Anabasis 3, 11, 10; Diodor , 17, 57, 4 and Curtius Rufus 4, 13, 29.
- ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 3, 25, 4; Curtius Rufus 6, 6, 35.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Philip, son of Menelaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Φίλιππος |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Macedonian officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 330 BC Chr. |