Peroidas
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Peroidas or Peroedas son of Menestheus
, was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi from Anthemus from the beginning of the campaign of Alexander the Great. At the Battle of Issus
, his squadron was transferred, along with that of Pantordanus
, from the left to the right wing before the battle began (Arrian
2.9.3).
Menestheus
Menestheus , the son of Peteus, son of Orneus, son of Erechtheus, was a legendary King of Athens during the Trojan War. He was set up as king by the Dioscuri when Theseus travelled to the underworld, and at his return Menestheus exiled him from the city.Menestheus was one of the suitors of Helen of...
, was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi from Anthemus from the beginning of the campaign of Alexander the Great. At the Battle of Issus
Battle of Issus
The Battle of Issus occurred in southern Anatolia, in November 333 BC. The invading troops, led by the young Alexander of Macedonia, defeated the army personally led by Darius III of Achaemenid Persia in the second great battle for primacy in Asia...
, his squadron was transferred, along with that of Pantordanus
Pantordanus
Pantordanus or Pantordanos , son of Cleander, was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi of Leugaea from the beginning of the campaign of Alexander the Great. At the Battle of Issus, he occupied at first the left wing but then being transferred to the right, just as the battle began . Nothing further is...
, from the left to the right wing before the battle began (Arrian
Arrian
Lucius Flavius Arrianus 'Xenophon , known in English as Arrian , and Arrian of Nicomedia, was a Roman historian, public servant, a military commander and a philosopher of the 2nd-century Roman period...
2.9.3).