Philotas of Macedonia

Philotas (in Greek Φιλωτας; lived 4th century BC) was a Macedonian, father of Parmenion, the general of Alexander the Great (336-–323 BC).1 It appears that he had two other sons, Asander and Agathon.2

References

Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Philotas (1)", Boston, (1867)

Notes

1 Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, iii. 11

2 Arrian, i. 17; Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xix. 75

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