Demetrius (somatophylax)
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Demetrius (
Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος) (died 330 BC) was one of Alexander's somatophylakes. He was suspected of being engaged in the conspiracy of Philotas, and was executed. Ptolemy I Soter
replaced him as somatophylax.
References
- Arrian, Anabasis 3.27.5
- Quintus Curtius Rufus 6.7.15 and 6.11.35-38
- Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel )
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