Asclepiodorus (; grc, Ἀσκληπιόδωρος) a Macedonian, son of
Timander Timander is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Timander (soldier), officer of Alexander the Great
*Alice Timander
Alice Ingegärd Marianne Timander (6 October 1915 – 3 July 2007) was a Swedish dentist, but was better known as ...
, was one of the generals of
Alexander the Great, and after the conquest of
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
was appointed by Alexander
satrap
A satrap () was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median and Achaemenid Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires.
The satrap served as viceroy to the king, though with consid ...
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. He seems to be the same as the one whom
Antigonus, in 316, made satrap of Persia; but he must be distinguished from an Asclepiodorus, a general of
Cassander, mentioned by
Diodorus.
[Diodorus, xix. 60]
Ascepiodorus was also secretary of
Eurydice III of Macedon and an appointed
trierarch of
Nearchus
Nearchus or Nearchos ( el, Νέαρχος; – 300 BC) was one of the Greek officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. He is known for his celebrated expeditionary voyage starting from the Indus River, through the Persian Gulf and e ...
in 326.
Citations
References
*''Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire'', 2006, page 58,
*
Ancient Greek generals
Conspirators against Alexander the Great
Generals of Alexander the Great
Ancient Macedonian generals
Trierarchs of Nearchus' fleet
4th-century BC Macedonians
Macedonian royal secretaries
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