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Polemon (son of Andromenes)

4th century BCE Macedonian officer, serving Alexander the Great

Summary

4th century BCE Macedonian officer, serving Alexander the Great

In the disputes that followed the death of Alexander (323 BC), Polemon, like his brother Attalus, distinguished himself as a warm partisan of Perdiccas. To conciliate the favour of the regent, he ineffectually tried to prevent Arrhidaeus from transporting the body of the deceased monarch to Egypt. He afterwards served under Alcetas, the brother of Perdiccas, and was taken prisoner by Antigonus in Pisidia, together with Attalus and Docimus, 320 BC. From this time he shared the fortunes of Attalus, included their imprisonment, their escape in 317 BC, and their finale capture a year after.

References

  • Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, , Boston, (1867)

Notes

References

  1. [[Arrian]], ''Anabasis'', [http://www.websfor.org/alexander/arrian/book3b.asp iii. 27]; [[Quintus Curtius Rufus. Curtius Rufus]], ''Historiae Alexandri Magni'', [http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/historiens/quintecurce/sept.htm vii. 1, 2]
  2. [[Photius I of Constantinople. Photius]], ''Bibliotheca'', [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/photius_03bibliotheca.htm cod. 92]
  3. [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''Bibliotheca'', xviii. 45, xix. 16
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