Tlepolemus ( el, Τληπόλεμος; lived 4th century BC) was the son of Pythophanes and one of the ''
hetairoi'' of
Alexander the Great, who was joined in the government of the
Parthians and
Hyrcanii with
Amminapes
Amminapes was a Parthian who was appointed satrap of the Parthians and Hyrcanii by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.
Amminapes knew Alexander from his youth at the Macedonian court, where he remained in exile together with Artabazos II and a Pe ...
, a Parthian, whom Alexander had appointed
satrap
A satrap () was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median and Achaemenid Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires.
The satrap served as viceroy to the king, though with consid ...
of those provinces. At a later period Tlepolemus was appointed by Alexander satrap of
Carmania, which he retained on the death of Alexander in 323 BC, and also at the fresh division of the provinces at
Triparadisus in 321. In the following years, Tlepolemus joined a coalition formed by governors of
Upper Satrapies with the purpose of fighting
Peithon, later assisting
Eumenes in his war 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 ...
. Tlepolemus commanded 800 horsemen from
Carmania in the
Battle of Paraitakene, stationed on the right wing.
References
*
Smith, William (editor); ''
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology''
"Tlepolemus (2)" Boston, (1867)
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Hetairoi
Ancient Macedonian generals
Generals of Alexander the Great
Satraps of the Alexandrian Empire
4th-century BC Greek people