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Pantordanus or Pantordanos ( el, Παντόρδανος), son of Cleander, was
hipparch ''Hipparchus'', anglicized hipparch ( gr, ἵππαρχος, hipparchos), was the title of an ancient Greek cavalry officer, commanding a ''hipparchia'' (unit of about 500 horsemen); two such units were commanded by an ''epihipparchos Epihipparc ...
of the ''ile'' of '' Hetairoi'' of Leugaea from the beginning of the campaign of
Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...
. At the
Battle of Issus The Battle of Issus (also Issos) occurred in southern Anatolia, on November 5, 333 BC between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, led by Darius III. It was the second great battle of Alexander's conquest of ...
, he occupied at first the left wing but then being transferred (along with the squadron of
Peroidas Peroidas or Peroedas ( grc, Περοίδας), son of Menestheus, was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi from Anthemus from the beginning of the campaign of Alexander the Great. At the Battle of Issus, his squadron was transferred, along with that of ...
) to the right, just as the battle began (A 2.9.3). Nothing further is known of him. At the
battle of Gaugamela The Battle of Gaugamela (; grc, Γαυγάμηλα, translit=Gaugámela), also called the Battle of Arbela ( grc, Ἄρβηλα, translit=Árbela), took place in 331 BC between the forces of the Army of Macedon under Alexander the Great a ...
both Peroidas and Pantordanus had been replaced.


References

* Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel 4th-century BC Greek people Generals of Alexander the Great Ancient Macedonian generals Ancient Elimiotes {{AncientGreece-bio-stub