Medius of Larissa
Medius or Medeios (Greek: Μήδιος, Mήδειoς), son of Oxythemis, was a native of Larissa in Thessaly, an officer and friend of Alexander the Great, and a senior commander under Antigonus I Monophthalmus.
Origin and service under Alexander
Medius belonged to a noble Thessalian family, possibly related to the
Alexander romance, he was considered a member of Antipater's conspiracy to poison Alexander, which took place during the banquet hosted at his house.[1][2]
Service under Antigonus
After the
Hellespont (Diodorus, XIX.77).[2][4] Based on an inscription in Athens, in c. 307/6 BC he provided assistance to the Athenian embassy to Antigonus' court.[4]
In 306 BC, he commanded the fleet in
Ptolemaic Egypt in the same year.[2][4] In 304 BC he was active in Greece alongside Demetrius.[4] His fate thereafter is unknown, but he is mentioned again in an inscription in Gonnoi in Thessaly, probably dating to the period when Demetrius was king of Macedonia, implying that Medius continued to serve Demetrius even after the defeat and death of Antigonus at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC.[4]
His authority is cited by Strabo (XI.530) in a manner that would lead us to conclude he had left some historical work, but we find no further mention of him as a writer.[2][4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Billows 1990, p. 400.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i
Edward Herbert Bunbury (1870). "Medius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. II. p. 1004.
- ^ Billows 1990, pp. 66–68, 400–401.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Billows 1990, p. 401.
- ^ Billows 1990, pp. 153–155, 401.
Sources
- ISBN 0-520-20880-3.
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