Asclepiodorus of Macedon

For other persons with the same name, see Asclepiodorus (disambiguation).

Asclepiodorus (/əˌskliːpioʊˈdɔərəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀσκληπιόδωρος) a Macedonian, son of Timander, was one of the generals of Alexander the Great, and after the conquest of Syria was appointed by Alexander satrap of that country. In 328 BC, he led reinforcements from Syria to Alexander in eastern Asia, and there became involved in the conspiracy which was formed by Hermolaus against the life of the king. (Arrian, Anab. iv. 13, Ind. 18; Curtius, vii. 10, viii. 6) He seems to be the same as the one whom Antigonus, in 317 BC, made satrap of Persia (Diod. xix. 48) ; but he must be distinguished from an Asclepiodorus, a general of Cassander, mentioned by Diodorus. (xix. 60)

Ascepiodorus was also secretary of Eurydice III of Macedon and an appointed trierarch of Nearchus in 326 BC.

References

Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire, 2006, page 58, ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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