- Antigenes (general)
Antigenes (in Greek Aντιγενης; died 316 BC) was a general of
Alexander the Great , who also served underPhilip II of Macedon , and lost an eye at the siege ofPerinthus (340 BC). After the death of Alexander (323 BC) he obtained thesatrap y of Susiana. He was one of the commanders of theArgyraspides and espoused with his troops the side ofEumenes . On the defeat of the latter in 316 BC, Antigenes fell into the hands of his enemy Antigonus, and was burnt alive by him:rf|1|plut1_70_plut2_13_phot_92_diod_18.62_19.12_44:"Now that Antigonus had unexpectedly mastered Eumenes and all the army that had been opposing him, he seized Antigenes, the commander of the Silver Shields, put him into a pit, and burned him alive." Diodorus Siculus, XIX-44References
*Smith, William (editor); "
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology ", [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0194.html "Antigenes (1)"] ,Boston , (1867)Note
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Plutarch , "Parallel Lives ", "Alexander", [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plut.+Caes.+70.1 70] , "Eumenes", [http://www.attalus.org/old/eumenes.html#13 13] ; Photius, "Bibliotheca", [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/photius_03bibliotheca.htm cod. 92] ;Diodorus Siculus , "Bibliotheca", xviii. 62, xix. 12, 44
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