Aristonous of Pella
Aristonous of Pella (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστόνους), son of Peisaeus (Πεισαῖος), who was one of the somatophylakes bodyguards of Alexander the Great, distinguished himself greatly on one occasion in India. On the death of Alexander, he was one of the first to propose that the supreme power should be entrusted to Perdiccas. He was subsequently Olympias' general in the war with Cassander; and when Olympias was taken prisoner in 316 BC, he was put to death by order of Cassander.
Aristonous is described as of both Pellaean[1] and Eordaean in origin,[2] which would mean that he was from Eordaea but raised at the court in Pella. According to Plutarch, a certain somatophylax, Aristophanes, took away Alexander's sword when he was quarrelling with Cleitus the Black, but this reference seems to be confused with Aristonous.
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- Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aristonous". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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- Attalus
- Parmenion
- Antipater
- Eumenes
(Alexander's bodyguards)
Partition of Babylon
(323 BC)
- Antipater (Macedon and Greece)
- Philo (Illyria)
- Lysimachus (Thrace)
- Leonnatus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
- Antigonus (Phrygia)
- Asander (Caria)
- Nearchus (Lycia and Pamphylia)
- Menander (Lydia)
- Philotas(3) (Cilicia)
- Eumenes (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia)
- Ptolemy (Egypt)
- Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria)
- Neoptolemus (Armenia)
- Peucestas (Babylonia)
- Arcesilas (Mesopotamia)
- Peithon (Media)
- Tlepolemus (Persia)
- Nicanor(2) (Parthia)
- Antigenes (Susiana)
- Archon (Pelasgia)
- Philip (Hyrcania)
- Stasanor (Aria and Drangiana)
- Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)
- Amyntas (Bactria)
- Scythaeus (Sogdiana)
Partition of Triparadisus
(321 BC)
- Antipater (Macedon and Greece)
- Lysimachus (Thrace)
- Arrhidaeus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
- Antigonus (Phrygia, Lycia and Pamphylia)
- Cassander (Caria)
- Cleitus the White (Lydia)
- Philoxenus (Cilicia)
- Nicanor(2) (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia)
- Ptolemy (Egypt)
- Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria)
- Peucestas (Persia)
- Amphimachus (Mesopotamia)
- Peithon (Media)
- Tlepolemus (Carmania)
- Philip (Parthia)
- Antigenes (Susiana)
- Seleucus (Babylonia)
- Stasanor (Bactria and Sogdiana)
- Stasander (Aria and Drangiana)
- Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)
- Perdiccas
- Hephaestion
- Philotas(4)
- Ptolemy
- Cleitus the Black
- Antigonus
- Lysimachus
- Menander
- Leonnatus
- Laomedon of Mytilene
- Neoptolemus
- Erigyius
- Aretes
- Ariston of Paionia
- Meleager
- Craterus
- Seleucus
- Polyperchon
- Antigenes
- Coenus
- Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)
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(2) Satrap at Partition of Babylon; possibly Nicanor of Stageira
(3) Satrap at Partition of Babylon
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