Menedemus (general)
Menedemus (Greek: Μενέδημος) was one of the generals of Alexander the Great, who was sent in 329 BC against Spitamenes, satrap of Sogdiana, but was surprised and slain, together with 2000 foot-soldiers and 300 horse.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, iv. 3; Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, vii. 7, 9
References[]
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Menedemus (1)", Boston, (1867)
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