PARMENION

pärmēˈnēən, d. 330 b.c., Macedonian general. He served under Philip II. On Philip's death Parmenion was largely responsible for the adherence of the army in Asia to Alexander the Great. He and the young king were warm friends, and at Issus and Gaugamela in Asia Minor, Parmenion commanded the left wing while Alexander himself led the right. When Alexander was pushing eastward in Persia, he left Parmenion to govern Media (now in Iran). While the king was in Drangiana (330 b.c.), a treason plot was discovered that seemed to implicate Philotas, Parmenion's son. Despite his innocence in this affair, Parmenion was killed at Alexander's command.

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Valerius Maximus & the Rhetoric of the New Nobility
Book by W. Martin Bloomer; University of North Carolina Press, 1992
Subjects: Authors And Readers--Rome, Didactic Literature, Latin--History And Criticism, Exempla--History And Criticism, Nobility--Rome, Rhetoric, Ancient, Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C--Historiography, Rome--History--Tiberius, 14-37--Historiography, Valerius Maximus--Factorum Et Dictorum Memorabilium Libri Ix
...too would prefer riches to glory, if I were Parmenion." Valerius has, "When Parmenion said that if he were Alexander, he would accept...Alexander replied, I too would accept, if I were Parmenion." 57 Maire, of course, advanced Diodorus...
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Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus - Vol. 1
Book by J. C. Yardley, Waldemar Heckel; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Alexander--The Great--356-323 B.C, Generals--Greece--Biography, Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C, Greece--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...cf. Hamilton, PA 50 suggests that Parmenion was sent out at or before the beginning...however, argues that the pass occupied by Parmenion was Kara Kapu, near Castabalum and west...7. 7: Alexander had sent him sc. Parmenion ahead to explore the road in the pass...
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The Great Battles of Antiquity: A Strategic and Tactical Guide to Great Battles That Shaped the Development of War
Book by Richard A. Gabriel, Donald W. Boose Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Battles, Military History, Ancient, Strategy
Parmenion could not be militarily dislodged without...Macedon to plan his invasion. In Ionia, Parmenion was engaged in a series of running skirmishes...him from the coast. Through it all, Parmenion managed to hold on to the port city of...
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Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Empire
Book by A. R. Burn; Macmillan, 1948
Subjects: Alexander--The Great--356-323 B.C, Greece--History
son of Parmenion, slipped into its harbour just before...superior enemy fleet arrived to relieve it. Parmenion proposed to risk a sea battle, hoping...from an ingrained habit of contradicting Parmenion, but on the ground that a defeat in...
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With Arrow, Sword, and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World
Book by Alfred S. Bradford, Pamela M. Bradford; Praeger, 2001
Subjects: Military Art And Science--History--To 500, Military History, Ancient
...messenger brought a plea for help from Parmenion (who had seen a large cavalry force...to bring help, only to discover that Parmenion was safe. Alexander resumed his pursuit...the companion cavalry and the son of Parmenion, heard of a plot to murder Alexander...
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A Wasted Opportunity: Shortcomings of the Caribbean Basin Initiative Approach to Development in the West Indies and Central America
Journal article by William P. Corbett Jr.; Law and Policy in International Business, Vol. 23, 1992
Subjects: Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act of 1983, Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1990, Caribbean Basin Initiative--Analysis, Economic development--International aspects
...Corruption Smoothes Path Along Cocaine Route, Fin. Times (London), Nov. 28, 1988, at I10. See also Juan Carlos Parmenion, United States: Anti-Narc War Spotlights The Latin Connection, Inter Press Serv., Feb. 18, 1991, available in LEXIS...


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Alexander the Great: Hunting for a New Past? Paul Cartledge Goes in Search of the Elusive Personality of the World's Greatest Hero
Magazine article by Paul Cartledge; History Today, Vol. 54, July 2004
Subjects: Alexander the Great--Behavior, Conquerors--Behavior, Greece--History, Greek history, Kings and rulers--Behavior, Kings--Behavior
...orientalism. The judicial murder of the cavalry commander Philotas and the consequent assassination of the latters father Parmenion (Alexanders--and Philips--premier general) were due more to concern for his personal authority and standing than to...


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Sharing in a Boom
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), April 13, 2010
Subjects: Financial markets
...discretionary fund manager, Bath-based Parmenion, which offers services to clients who...reflects that growing confidence." Parmenion is a discretionary fund-based investment...original target for investments into the Parmenion agreement, which is very encouraging...


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Parmenion
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PARMENION parme ne n, d. 330 b.c., Macedonian...served under Philip II . On Philips death Parmenion was largely responsible for the adherence...at Issus and Gaugamela in Asia Minor, Parmenion commanded the left wing while Alexander...
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Alexander the Great
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...conspiracy against Alexander was said to implicate the son of one of his generals, Parmenion ; Alexander not only executed the son but also put the innocent Parmenion to death. This act and other instances of his harshness further alienated the...
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Philip II , King of Macedon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...true founder of Alexanders army and trained some of his best generals, e.g., Antigonus Cyclops, Antipater, Nearchus, Parmenion, and Perdiccas. See D. G. Hogarth, Philip and Alexander of Macedon (1897, repr. 1984); S. Perlman, ed., Philip...


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