Eupolemus (general)

Eupolemus (in Greek Eυπόλεμoς; lived 4th century BC) was one of the generals of Cassander; he was sent by him in 314 BC to invade Caria, but was surprised and taken prisoner by Ptolemy, a general who commanded that province for Antigonus.[1] He must have been liberated again directly, as the next year (313 BC) we find him commanding the forces left by Cassander in Greece, when he moved northward against Antigonus.[2]

This article is about Greek general. For other uses, see Eupolemus (disambiguation).

Later in life, he ruled over a significant portion of Caria as an independent dynast.[3][4] He was succeeded in Caria by Pleistarchus, the son of Antipater and brother of Cassander.

References

Notes
  1. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xix. 68
  2. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, 77
  3. Billows, Richard A. (1989). "Anatolian Dynasts. The Case of the Macedonian Eupolemos in Karia". Classical Antiquity. 8 (2): 173–206. doi:10.2307/25010904. JSTOR 25010904.
  4. Descat, Raymond (1998). "La carrière d'Eupolemos, stratège macédonien en Asie Mineure". Revue des Études Anciennes. 100 (1–2): 167–186. doi:10.3406/rea.1998.4723.

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