• Parmenion (also Parmenio; Ancient Greek: Παρμενίων; c. 400 – 330 BC), son of Philotas, was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon...
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    Philotas (Greek: Φιλώτας; 365 BC – October 330 BC) was the eldest son of Parmenion, one of Alexander the Great's most experienced and talented generals....
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  • Parmenion or Parmenio may refer to: Parmenion high general of Philip and Alexander Parmenion (architect) in Alexandria (4th-3rd century BC) Parmenion...
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    messages from Parmenion (an event that would later be used by Callisthenes and others to discredit Parmenion) on the left. Parmenion's wing was apparently...
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  • Parmenion was a Macedonian epigrammatic poet, whose verses were included in the collection of Philip of Thessalonica in Greek Anthology ; whence it is...
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  • Upper Macedonia. He was the father of Parmenion, the general of Alexander the Great (336 — 323 BC). Parmenion would go on to name his son after his father...
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  • Parmenion was an architect, who was employed by Alexander the Great in the building of Alexandria. He was entrusted with the superintendence of the works...
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    peninsula of Chalcidice. That same day, Philip received news that his general Parmenion had defeated the combined Illyrian and Paeonian armies and that his horses...
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     affinis Binomial name Charaxes affinis Butler, [1866] Synonyms Charaxes parmenion C. & R. Felder, [1867] Charaxes demonax C. & R. Felder, [1867] Charaxes...
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    troops behind the enemy. Alexander kept his main army at Tarsus but sent Parmenion ahead to occupy the coast around Issus. In November, Alexander received...
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  • Nicanor (/naɪˈkeɪnər/; Greek: Nικάνωρ Nīkā́nōr; died 330 BC), son of Parmenion, was a distinguished officer in the service of Alexander the Great. He...
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    played the role of Parmenion, the old general who questions Alexander's actions. After a plot to kill the young leader is foiled, Parmenion is accused of being...
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    crossing of the main army later. The advance guard was most likely led by Parmenion, Philip's best general, with Attalus as second in command. Initially the...
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    the gold he later used for his campaigns. In the meantime, his general Parmenion defeated the Illyrians again. In 355–354 BC he besieged Methone, the last...
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  • Alexander the Great. In the spring of 336 BC, Philip II appointed Attalus and Parmenion as commanders of the advance force that would invade the Persian Empire...
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    sent an advance force into Asia Minor under the command of his generals Parmenion and Attalus to liberate the Greeks living under Persian control. After...
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    356 BC, he took Crenides, refounding it as Philippi, while his general Parmenion defeated the Illyrian king Grabos II of the Grabaei. During the 355–354 BC...
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  • but on the arguably spurious grounds that she was recommended to him by Parmenion (despite the many disagreements between him and Alexander, and Alexander's...
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    Battle of Issus, commanding troops on the left wing under the authority of Parmenion. Later he accompanied Alexander during his journey to the Oracle in the...
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  • many of her relatives were captured in Damascus by Macedonian general Parmenion. It is possible that Parysatis remained at Susa with the women of Darius's...
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  • to war with Athens, led by King Philip and his top advisers, Attalus, Parmenion (father of Philotas) and Antipater. Philip becomes concerned with Alexander's...
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    Phoenician cities of Marathus and Aradus do not resist Alexander's armies. Parmenion is sent ahead to try to secure Damascus and its rich booty, including...
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    cavalry led by Alexander on the right, and allied Thessalian cavalry led by Parmenion on the left. The Persians expected the main assault to come from Alexander's...
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  • a golden crown for his part in the victory. The Macedonian general, Parmenion, wins a great victory over the Illyrians. King Philip II of Macedon, having...
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  • secret message is sent by Alexander to Cleander, Parmenion's second in command, who obediently kills Parmenion at Ecbatana in Media for fear that he will rise...
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    the battle, Parmenion's son Philotas would be key in preventing the Persian Navy from finding safe anchorage. It was captured by Parmenion's son, Nicanor...
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    city. According to him, Alexander had marched into Arabia having left Parmenion in charge of the besieging force. The Tyrians found the courage to exit...
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  • secret message is sent by Alexander to Cleander, Parmenion's second in command, who obediently kills Parmenion at Ecbatana in Media for fear that he will rise...
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  • wrestling trainer Gary Stretch as Cleitus the Black John Kavanagh as Parmenion Nick Dunning as Attalus Marie Meyer as Eurydice Mick Lally as horse seller...
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    anthologist Nigidius Figulus, Roman philosopher and polymath Ovid, Roman poet Parmenion, Greek poet Parthenius of Nicaea, Bithynian Greek poet and grammarian...
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