Philoxenus (satrap)

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Philoxenos ( Greek  Φιλόξενος ) was the name of two Macedonian followers of Alexander the Great , whereby a common identity of both persons is likely.

In 323 BC BC Philoxenus, governor (satrap) of Caria , brought a contingent of troops to Alexander , who was staying in Babylon . Apparently he had taken over this province at an unknown time before after the death of Princess Ada . To what extent he with the in the year 331 BC B.C. in Asia Minor, the highest civil administrator of the same name was identical, is disputed. In any case , in the imperial order of Babylon that followed Alexander's death , he was no longer considered as governor of Caria, where Asandros was now installed.

It is more likely that the "Carian Philoxenus" was the one who lived in 322 BC. Chr. By the imperial regent Perdiccas installed governor of Cilicia identical. Although the regent in 320 BC In the first diadoch war , Philoxenus was confirmed in this office by the victors at the conference of Triparadeisos . After that, nothing more is passed down about him.

literature

  • Waldemar Heckel : The Marshals of Alexander's Empire. Routledge, London / New York 1992, ISBN 0-415-05053-7 .
  • Waldemar Heckel: Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's Empire. Blackwell, Oxford et al. 2006, ISBN 3-423-04298-2 , p. 220.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Arrian , Anabasis 7, 23, 1. The "Carian Philoxenos" is also mentioned in Pseudo-Aristotle ( Oikonomikos 2, 1351b) as the organizer of Dionysia .
  2. ^ Justin 13: 6, 16.
  3. ↑ Arrian , Tà metà Aléxandron 1, 34 = FGrHist 156 F9.
personal data
SURNAME Philoxenus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Φιλοξενος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General Alexander the Great, Satrap of Caria and Cilicia
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 4th century BC Chr.