Proexes

Proexes († after 327 BC) was a governor of Alexander the Great in Asia.

Proexes was of Persian descent and probably already served in the administration of the Achaemenid Empire . For the first time, however, he is mentioned as a follower of Alexander, when Alexander met him during his campaign in 329 BC. Appointed satrap of the area of the Paropamisads , which also gave him control of the Hindu Kush. This province was probably a new foundation by Alexander, as it was not mentioned before among the Persian kings. A Macedonian episkopos (overseer) named Neiloxenos, son of Satyros, was provided with a contingent of troops at his side. In 327 BC Proexes was replaced from his office and replaced by Tyriespis .

source

Arrian , Anabasis 3, 28, 4; 4, 22, 5

literature

Johannes Zwicker : Proexes . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXIII A, 1, Stuttgart 1893ff., Sp. 109.
Waldemar Heckel : Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's empire. Blackwell, Oxford et al. 2006, ISBN 1-4051-1210-7 , pp. 232-233.

personal data
SURNAME	Proexes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Satrap of paropamisades
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 327 BC Chr.