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APPENDIX 1 - ALEXANDER'S OFFICERS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Waldemar Heckel
Waldemar Heckel
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University of Calgary
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Summary

The numbers [in brackets] that follow certain names are those used in Heckel 2006a.

  1. General Commanders

  2. Parmenion son of Philotas

  3. Attalus [1] (Justin 9.5.8; Diod. 16.91.2)

  4. Amyntas, son of Arrhabaeus? (Justin 9.5.8)

  1. Somatophylakes (Members of the Seven-Man Bodyguard)

  2. Lysimachus son of Agathocles (Arr. 6.28.4)

  3. Aristonous son of Peisaeus (Arr. 6.28.4)

  4. Peithon son of Crateuas (Arr. 6.28.4)

  5. Arybbas [2] [died 332/1] (Arr. 3.5.5)

  6. Leonnatus son of Anteas (Arr. 6.28.4)

  7. Balacrus son of Nicanor [replaced in 333/2]

  8. Menes son of Dionysius [replaced in 331]

  9. Perdiccas son of Orontes (Arr. 6.28.4)

  10. Hephaestion son of Amyntor [died 324] (Arr. 6.28.4)

  11. Ptolemy son of Lagus (Arr. 6.28.4)

  12. Peucestas son of Alexander [an honorary appointment 324] (Arr. 6.28.4)

  1. Cavalry Commanders

  2. 1) Hipparchs of the Companions

  3. Philotas son of Parmenion

  4. “Black” Cleitus [2], son of Dropides (Arr. 3.27.4)

  5. Hephaestion son of Amyntor (Arr. 3.27.4)

  6. Demetrius son of Althaemenes (Arr. 4.27.5)

  7. Coenus son of Polemocrates

  8. Perdiccas son of Orontes

  9. Craterus son of Alexander

  10. “White” Cleitus [3] (Arr. 5.22.6; 6.6.4)

  11. Eumenes son of Hieronymus (Plut. Eum. 1.5)

  1. 2) Ilarchs

  2. “Black” Cleitus (ile basilike)

  3. Amyntas son of Arrhabaeus (prodromoi)

  4. Protomachus (prodromoi)

  5. Ariston [3] (Paeonians) (Arr. 1.14.1; 2.9.2)

  6. Ariston [1] (Arr. 3.11.8)

  7. Demetrius son of Althaemenes (Arr. 3.11.8)

  8. Glaucias (Arr. 3.11.8)

  9. Hegelochus son of Hippostratus (Arr. 3.11.8)

  10. Heracleides son of Antiochus (Arr. 3.11.8)

  11. Meleager (Arr. 3.11.8; Curt. 4.13.27)

  12. Pantordanus son of Cleander (Arr. 2.9.3; 3.11.8)

  13. Peroedas son of Menestheus (Arr. 2.9.3; 3.11.8)

  14. Socrates son of Sathon (Arr. 1.14.1)

  15. Sopolis son of Hermodorus (Arr. 3.11.8)

  16. Lysanias?

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The Conquests of Alexander the Great , pp. 153 - 157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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  • ALEXANDER'S OFFICERS
  • Waldemar Heckel, University of Calgary
  • Book: The Conquests of Alexander the Great
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511611407.014
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  • ALEXANDER'S OFFICERS
  • Waldemar Heckel, University of Calgary
  • Book: The Conquests of Alexander the Great
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511611407.014
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  • ALEXANDER'S OFFICERS
  • Waldemar Heckel, University of Calgary
  • Book: The Conquests of Alexander the Great
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511611407.014
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