Monimus (general)

Monimus (/ˈmɒnəməs/; Greek: Μόνιμος; fl. 4th century BC), son of Pythion, was a Macedonian officer who espoused the cause of Olympias in her final struggle with Cassander, and was one of the last who remained faithful to her; but finding himself unable to relieve her at Pydna, he withdrew to Pella, which city he held for a time, but surrendered it to Cassander after the fall of Pydna, 316 BC.[1] From an anecdote related by Phylarchus,[2] it appears that he had been attached to the court of Olympias for some time.

Notes

  1. Diodorus Siculus, xix. 50
  2. Phylarchus ap. Athenaeus, xiii. 609

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