Mentor of Rhodes

Mentor of Rhodes in Wikipedia

Mentor of Rhodes (Μέντωρ ὁ Ῥόδιος) (c. 385 BC – 340 BC) was a Greek mercenary who fought both for and against Artaxerxes III of Persia. He is also known as the first husband of Barsine, who later became mistress to Alexander the Great. In 358 BC, Mentor, along with his brother Memnon, were hired to provide military leadership by a rebel Persian sa...

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Mentor in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

A Rhodian Greek who with his brother Memnon served the Persian Artabazus and later King Nectanabis of Egypt. He aided Tennes, king of Sidon, against Darius Ochus, and, when Tennes went over to the Persians, entered the service of Darius, who made him satrap of the western part of Asia Minor (Arrian, Anab. vii. 419)....

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