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Somatophylakes (Gr****: Σωματοφύλακες; singular:
somatophylax, σωματοφύλαξ) were the
bodyguards of high-ranking
people in
ancient Greece. The most famous...
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conspiracy of Philotas, and was executed.
Ptolemy I
Soter replaced him as
somatophylax. Arrian,
Anabasis 3.27.5
Quintus Curtius Rufus 6.7.15 and 6.11.35-38...
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Ptolemy (Ancient Gr****: Πτολεμαῖος) was one of the
selected officers of
Alexander the Great,
called somatophylaces. He was
killed at the
siege of Halicarn****us...
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image on one side and a lion on the other. He was
probably appointed Somatophylax during the
reign of
Philip II.
During Alexander's
Persian campaigns,...
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realism Demetrius of
Phalerum (c. 350 – c. 280 BC)
Demetrius (
somatophylax),
somatophylax of
Alexander the
Great (d. 330 BC)
Demetrius I of
Macedon (337–283...
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Arybbas (Gr****: Αρύββας) was a
somatophylax of
Alexander the Great. He was
probably from Epirus, a
member of the
Molossian royal house (i.e., a relative...
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Perdiccas was born to
Macedonian nobility. A supporter,
somatophylax and
Hetairoi of Alexander, he took part in Alexander's
campaign against...
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probably as a consolation,
Pausanias of
Orestis was
promoted to the rank of
somatophylax. It has been
supposed then that Pausanias'
motive for
killing Philip...
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Chiliarch (after 323 BC)
Aristonous of
Pella Arybbas (
somatophylax)
Balacrus Demetrius (
somatophylax)
Hephaestion Leonnatus Lysimachus Menes of
Pella Pausanias...
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gifts but also
promotion of Gr****
culture and religion. Ptolemy, a
somatophylax, one of the
seven bodyguards who
served as
Alexander the Great's generals...
