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
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...
. 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 ...
, his squadron was transferred, along with that of
Pantordanus, from the left to the right wing before the battle began (
Arrian
Arrian of Nicomedia (; Greek: ''Arrianos''; la, Lucius Flavius Arrianus; )
was a Greek historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period.
'' The Anabasis of Alexander'' by Arrian is considered the best ...
2.9.3).
References
*''Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great,'' by Waldemar Heckel
Hetairoi
Ancient Macedonian generals
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