Leonnatus

Leonnatus in Wikipedia

Leonnatus (Greek: Λεοννάτος; 356 BC - 322 BC), Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the diadochi. He was a member of the royal house of Lyncestis, a small kingdom that had been included in Macedonia by King Philip II of Macedon. Leonnatus was the same age as Alexander and was very close to him. Later, he was one of Alexander's seve...

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Leonnātus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

(Λεοννάτος). A Macedonian of Pella, one of Alexander's generals. At the assault on the city of the Malli in India he saved Alexander's life. He crossed over into Europe in B.C. 322, to assist Antipater against the Greeks; but was defeated by the Athenians and their allies, and fell in battle (Diod.xviii. 12-15)....

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