Alexander of Rhodes

Alexander of Rhodes

Alexander ( _gr. Ἀλέξανδρος) was a prominent Rhodian who lived in the 1st century BC.cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | authorlink = | title = Alexander | editor = William Smith | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 126 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;idno=acl3129.0001.001;q1=demosthenes;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=141] In the war against Gaius Cassius Longinus he was at the head of the popular party, and was raised to the office of prytanis, in 43 BC. [Appian, "The Civil Wars" iv. 66] But soon after, he and the Rhodian admiral, Mnaseas, were defeated by Cassius in a naval battle off Knidos. [Appian, "The Civil Wars" iv. 71]

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