Demetrius ( grc, Δημήτριος) son of
Pythonax, surnamed
Pheidon, was one of the
Hetairoi of Alexander. In 327 BC, when the King attempted to introduce
proskynesis, Demetrius is alleged to have alerted Alexander to
Callisthenes
Callisthenes of Olynthus (; grc-gre, Καλλισθένης; 360327 BCE) was a well-connected Greek historian in Macedon, who accompanied Alexander the Great during his Asiatic expedition. The philosopher Aristotle was Callisthenes's great ...
' opposition. He is described as a flatterer of Alexander.
References
*Arrian, Anab. iv. 12 ; Plut. Alex. 54.
*Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel
Hetairoi
Ancient Macedonian generals
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