Polemon ( grc, Πολέμων; lived 4th century BC), son of Andromenes the Stymphaean, was a

Macedon Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by ...

ian officer in the service 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 ...

(336–323 BC). The great intimacy between him and

Philotas Philotas ( el, Φιλώτας; 365 BC – October 330 BC) was the eldest son of Parmenion, one of Alexander the Great's most experienced and talented generals. He rose to command the Companion Cavalry, but was accused of conspiring against Alexa ...

caused him to be suspected in 330 BC, together with his brothers Amyntas, Attalus, and Simmias, of participating in the treasonable designs imputed to Philotas: a charge to which Polemon had the imprudence to give countenance by taking to flight immediately on learning the arrest of Philotas. Amyntas, however, who remained, having successfully defended himself before the assembly of the army, also obtained the pardon or acquittal of Polemon. In the disputes that followed the death of

Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

(323 BC), Polemon, like his brother Attalus, distinguished himself as a warm partisan of

Perdiccas Perdiccas ( el, Περδίκκας, ''Perdikkas''; 355 BC – 321/320 BC) was a general of Alexander the Great. He took part in the Macedonian campaign against the Achaemenid Empire, and, following Alexander's death in 323 BC, rose to becom ...

. To conciliate the favour of the regent, he ineffectually tried to prevent

Arrhidaeus Arrhidaeus or Arrhidaios ( el, Ἀρριδαῖoς lived 4th century BC), one of Alexander the Great's generals, was entrusted by Ptolemy to bring Alexander's body to Egypt in 323 BC, contrary to the wishes of Perdiccas who wanted the body sent t ...

from transporting the body of the deceased monarch to

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. He afterwards served under

Alcetas Alcetas (Greek Ἀλκέτας; died 320 BC), was the brother of Perdiccas and the son of Orontes from Orestis. He is first mentioned as one of Alexander the Great's generals in his Indian expedition. On the death of Alexander, Alcetas was a st ...

, the brother of Perdiccas, and was taken prisoner by Antigonus in

Pisidia Pisidia (; grc-gre, Πισιδία, ; tr, Pisidya) was a region of ancient Asia Minor located north of Pamphylia, northeast of Lycia, west of Isauria and Cilicia, and south of Phrygia, corresponding roughly to the modern-day province of An ...

, together with Attalus and

Docimus Antigonos Dokimos, commonly shortened and Latinized as Docimus ( grc, Δόκιμoς; lived 4th century BC), was one of the officers in the Macedonian army. After the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) he supported the party of Perdiccas. Docimu ...

, 320 BC. From this time he shared the fortunes of Attalus, included their imprisonment, their escape in 317 BC, and their finale capture a year after.

Another Polemon?

Another Polemon is mentioned by the same sources, a Macedonian officer of rank, who, in the disputes that followed the death of Alexander, distinguished himself as a warm partizan of

. In order to conciliate the favour of the regent, he endeavoured, though ineffectually, to prevent

from transporting the body of the deceased monarch to Egypt. He afterwards served under

, the brother of Perdiccas, and was taken prisoner by Antigonus in

, together with Attalus and Docimus, in 320 BC. From this time he shared the fortunes of Attalus: captivity, escape, and finally defeat.Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca'', xviii. 45, xix. 16. It is highly probable, as suggested by

Droysen Johann Gustav Bernhard Droysen (; ; 6 July 180819 June 1884) was a German historian. His history of Alexander the Great was the first work representing a new school of German historical thought that idealized power held by so-called "great" men. ...

, that this Polemon is the same with the son of Andromenes, and that he was consequently a brother of Attalus, with whom we find him so closely connected.

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"Polemon (1)"
William Smith (ed.) ''

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.'' 3. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1867.
"Polemon (4)"
William Smith (ed.) ''

.'' 3. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1867. {{DEFAULTSORT:Polemon (Son Of Andromenes) Ancient Macedonian generals Generals of Alexander the Great Ancient Tymphaeans 4th-century BC people