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Teutamus ( grc, Tεύταμoς; lived 4th century BC) was a
Macedonian officer, who, in 319 BC, shared with
Antigenes the command of the select troops called the
Argyraspids
The Argyraspides ( mkd, Аргираспиди, translation=Silver Shields) were elite Macedonian soldiers who carried silver-plated shields, hence their name. The original unit were hypaspists serving in the army Alexander the Great. During the W ...
.
Etymology
The name ''Teutamos'' appears to contain the
Proto-Indo-European root , a word meaning "people" or "tribe". The root also appears in Celtic names, such as Celtic deity ''
Toutatis
Toutatis or Teutates is a Celtic god who was worshipped primarily in ancient Gaul and Britain. His name means "god of the tribe", and he has been widely interpreted as a tribal protector.Paul-Marie Duval (1993). ''Les dieux de la Gaule.'' Éditio ...
'', and in the name of ancient
Illyria
In classical antiquity, Illyria (; grc, Ἰλλυρία, ''Illyría'' or , ''Illyrís''; la, Illyria, ''Illyricum'') was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by numerous tribes of people collectively known as the Illyr ...
n ruler
Teuta.
Joseph Vendryes had suggested that compound names with the stem seem to be common around the southeast Europe and the Balkans, although the name "is attested ... in
Messapic
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, in
Osco-Umbrian, in
Venetic
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, in
Gaulish, in
Celtiberian, in
Brittonic languages, in
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
, in
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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and in the
Baltic languages
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".
[Bader, Françoise. "Le nom des Vénètes et leur expansion". In: ''Autour de Michel Lejeune. Actes des journées d'études organisées à l'Université Lumière Lyon 2 – Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée'', 2-3 février 2006. Lyon: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux, 2009. p. 52. (Collection de la Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen ancien. Série philologique, 43) ww.persee.fr/doc/mom_0184-1785_2009_act_43_1_2653/ref>
]
History
The details of his military career and promotion are unknown until the present moment.
When Eumenes, after escaping from Nora, joined the Argyraspids in Cilicia
Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coas ...
, Antigenes and Teutamus at first, in obedience to the orders of the regent Polyperchon and Olympias
Olympias ( grc-gre, Ὀλυμπιάς; c. 375–316 BC) was a Greek princess of the Molossians, and the eldest daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the sister of Alexander I of Epirus, the fourth wife of Philip II, the king of Macedonia a ...
, placed themselves under his command but they secretly regarded him with jealousy, and Teutamus even listened to the overtures of Ptolemy, and would have joined in a plot against the life of Eumenes, had he not been dissuaded by his more prudent colleague.
But though they continued to follow the guidance of Eumenes, and with the troops under their command, bore an important part in his campaigns against Antigonus Antigonus or Antigonos ( grc, Ἀντίγονος), a Greek name meaning "comparable to his father" or "worthy of his father", may refer to:
Rulers
* Three Macedonian kings of the Antigonid dynasty that succeeded Alexander the Great:
** Antigon ...
, they took every opportunity of displaying their envy and jealousy, which their general in vain tried to allay, by avoiding all appearance of the exercise of authority. During the winter campaign in Gabiene (316 BC) the two leaders of the Argyraspids were the prime movers of a plot for the destruction of Eumenes; and after the final action, Teutamus was the first to open negotiations with Antigonus for the recovery of the baggage of the Argyraspids by the betrayal of his rival into his hands. By this act of treachery he probably hoped to secure the favour of Antigonus, as well as to supplant his own colleague or leader, Antigenes; but we find no farther mention of his name, and it is probable that he was sent, with the greater part of the Argyraspids, to perish in Arachosia.
References
* Smith, William (editor); '' Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology''
"Teutamus"
Boston, (1867)
Further reading
* Goukowsky, Paul. "Makedonika". In: ''Revue des Études Grecques'', tome 100, fascicule 477-479, Juillet-décembre 1987. pp. 240–255. OI: https://doi.org/10.3406/reg.1987.151; www.persee.fr/doc/reg_0035-2039_1987_num_100_477_1512
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