Ptolemy (soldier)
Ptolemy (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος; † 334 BC ) was a bodyguard ( somatophylax ) of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great , whom he became from 334 BC. Accompanied on its Asia campaign. At the siege of Halicarnassus in the same year, Ptolemy was killed in action as the leader of two detachments (taxeis) of light infantrymen (perhaps Hypaspists ). His place among the bodyguards was taken by Hephaistion .
Ptolemy was possibly the father of that Ptolemy, who at the conference of Triparadeisos in 320 BC. To the bodyguard of King Philip III. Arrhidaios was appointed.
literature
- Hans Volkmann : Ptolemaios 6). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXIII, 2, Stuttgart 1959, Sp. 1594.
- Waldemar Heckel : Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's Empire , p. 234. Oxford et al. a. 2006.
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| SURNAME | Ptolemy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bodyguard of Alexander the Great |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 334 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Halicarnassus |