Philotas (satrap)

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Philotas (

Polemon, in 320 BC, and shared with them their imprisonment, as well as the daring enterprise by which they for a time recovered their liberty, when they took possession of their prison, overpowering their guards. He again fell into the power of Antigonus, in 316 BC.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Arrian, Anabasis, iii. 29, iv. 24
  2. ^ Curtius, Historiae Alexandri Magni, v. 2
  3. Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, xiii. 4; Diodorus Siculus
    , Bibliotheca, xviii. 3
  4. ^ Diodorus, xviii. 45, xix. 16; Justin, xiii. 6

References

  • Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Philotas (5)", Boston (1867).
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Philotas". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.