Arybbas (somatophylax)

Arybbas (somatophylax)
For other person with the same name, see Arybbas

Arybbas was a somatophylax of Alexander the Great. He was probably from Epirus, a member of the Molossian royal house (i.e., a relative of Olympias). He died of illness in Egypt in the winter of 332 BC and was replaced by Leonnatus.

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Aristonous (to 323 BC)  · Arybbas (to 332 BC) · Balacrus (to 333 BC) · Demetrius (to 331 BC) · Lysimachus (to 323 BC) · Ptolemy (son of Seleucus) (to 333 BC) · Peithon (to 323 BC) · Hephaestion (to 324 BC) · Menes (to 330 BC) · Leonnatus (to 323 BC) · Perdiccas (to 323 BC) · Ptolemy (to 323 BC) · Peucestas (to 323 BC)
Satraps at the
Partition of Babylon
Antipater (Macedon & Greece) · Philo (Illyria) · Lysimachus (Thrace) · Leonnatus (Hellespontine Phyrgia) · Antigonus (Phyrgia) · Asander (Caria) · Nearchus (Lycia & Pamphylia) · Menander (Lydia) · Philotas(3) (Cilicia) · Eumenes (Cappadocia & Paphlagonia) · Ptolemy (Egypt) · Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria) · Neoptolemus (Armenia) · Peucestas (Babylonia) · Arcesilas (Mesopotamia) · Peithon (Media) · Tlepolemus (Persia) · Nicanor(2) (Parthia) · Antigenes (Susiana) · Archon (Pelasgia) · Philip (Hyrcania) · Stasanor (Aria & Drangiana) · Sibyrtius (Arachosia & Gedrosia) · Amyntas (Bactria) · Scythaeus (Sogdiana)
Satraps at the
Partition of Triparadisus
Antipater (Macedon & Greece) · Lysimachus (Thrace) · Arrhidaeus (Hellespontine Phyrgia) · Antigonus (Phyrgia, Lycia & Pamphylia) · Cassander (Caria) · Cleitus the White (Lydia) · Philoxenus (Cilicia) · Nicanor(2) (Cappadocia & Paphlagonia) · Ptolemy (Egypt) · Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria) · Peucestas (Persia) · Amphimachus (Mesopotamia) · Peithon (Media) · Tlepolemus (Carmania) · Philip (Parthia) · Antigenes (Susiana) · Seleucus (Babylonia) · Stasanor (Bactria & Sogdiana) · Stasander (Aria & Drangiana) · Sibyrtius (Arachosia & Gedrosia)
Cavalry Generals
Infantry Generals
Other/Unknown command
Alcetas · Amphimachus · Amyntas · Arcesilas · Archon · Asander · Cleitus the White · Nearchus · Nicanor(1) · Nicanor(2) · Peithon · Peucestas · Philip · Philo · Philotas(3) · Philoxenus · Scythaeus · Sibyrtius · Stasanor · Stasander  · Tlepolemus

(1) Son of Parmenion, d. 330 BC; to be distinguished from (2)
(2) Satrap at Partition of Babylon; possibly Nicanor of Stageira (3) Satrap at Partition of Babylon

(4) Son of Parmenion, d. 330 BC; to be distinguished from (3)



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