Menes of Pella

Coinage of Alexander the Great 336-323 BC, Tarsos mint, struck under Balakros or Menes, circa 332/1-327 BC. Coinage of Alexander the Great struck under Balakros or Menes circa 333-327 BC.

Not to be confused with Menes.

Menes of Pella (Ancient Greek: Μένης), son of Dionysius, was one of the Greek officers of Alexander the Great; and after the Battle of Issus (333 BC) was admitted by the king into the number of his somatophylakes, in the place of Balacrus, who was promoted to the satrapy of Cilicia.

In 331 BC, after Alexander had occupied Susa, he sent Menes down to the Mediterranean to take the government of Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia, entrusting him at the same time with 3000 talents, a portion of which he was to transmit to Antipater for his war with the Lacedaemonians.[1] He was a Hyparch, and in this position, he may have been responsible for overseeing the existing administration as far as Cilicia.[1] Apollodorus of Amphipolis was joined with him in this command.

He issued coinage, often bearing his initial "M".[1]

His successor is unknown, and his position may have only been temporary, to managed conquered territory in the west while Alexander was campaigning further east.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Heckel, Waldemar (2008). Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire. John Wiley & Sons. p. 179\. ISBN 9781405154697.

## Sources[edit]

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Menes of Pella". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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Hellenistic satraps

Satraps under Alexander the Great
(334-323 BC)|

* Ada (Queen of Caria)
* Asander, Menander (Lydia)
* Calas, Demarchus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
* Antigonus (Greater Phrygia)
* Balakros, Menes (Cilicia)
* Abistamenes (Cappadocia)
* Abdalonymus (Sidon)
* Mithrenes (Armenia)
* Mazaeus, Stamenes (Babylon)
* Mazakes (Mesopotamia)
* Abulites (Susiana)
* Oxydates, Atropates (Media)
* Phrasaortes, Oxines, Peucestas (Persis)
* Cleomenes of Naucratis (Egypt)
* Satibarzanes (Aria)
* Sibyrtius (Carmania)
* Autophradates (Tapuri, Mardi)
* Andragoras (Parthia)
* Amminapes, Phrataphernes, Pharismanes (Hyrcania and Parthia)
* Artabazos, Cleitus the Black, Amyntas (Bactria)
* Oxyartes (Paropamisia)
* Philip, Eudemus (India)
* Peithon, son of Agenor (Gandhara)
* Taxiles (Punjab)
* Porus (Indus)

Satraps at the
Partition of Babylon
(323 BC)|

* Antipater (Macedon and Greece)
* Philo (Illyria)
* Lysimachus (Thrace)
* Leonnatus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
* Antigonus (Phrygia)
* Asander (Caria)
* Nearchus (Lycia and Pamphylia)
* Menander (Lydia)
* Philotas (Cilicia)
* Eumenes (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia)
* Ptolemy (Egypt)
* Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria)
* Neoptolemus (Armenia)
* Peucestas (Persis)
* Arcesilaus (Mesopotamia)
* Peithon (Greater Media)
* Atropates (Lesser Media)
* Scynus (Susiana)
* Tlepolemus (Persia)
* Nicanor (Parthia)
* Phrataphernes (Armenia, Parthia)
* Antigenes (Susiana)
* Archon (Pelasgia)
* Philip (Hyrcania)
* Stasanor (Aria and Drangiana)
* Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)
* Amyntas (Bactria)
* Scythaeus (Sogdiana)
* Oxyartes (Paropamisia)
* Taxiles (Punjab)
* Peithon, son of Agenor (Gandhara)
* Porus (Indus)

Satraps at the
Partition of Triparadisus
(321 BC)|

* Antipater (Macedon and Greece)
* Lysimachus (Thrace)
* Arrhidaeus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
* Antigonus (Phrygia, Lycia and Pamphylia)
* Cassander (Caria)
* Cleitus the White (Lydia)
* Philoxenus (Cilicia)
* Nicanor (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia)
* Ptolemy (Egypt)
* Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria)
* Peucestas (Persis)
* Amphimachus (Mesopotamia)
* Peithon (Media)
* Tlepolemus (Carmania)
* Philip (Parthia)
* Antigenes (Susiana)
* Seleucus (Babylonia)
* Stasanor (Bactria and Sogdiana)
* Stasander (Aria and Drangiana)
* Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)
* Oxyartes (Paropamisia)
* Taxiles (Punjab)
* Peithon, son of Agenor (Gandhara)
* Porus (Indus)

Later Satraps|

* Peithon, son of Agenor (Babylon)
* Sibyrtius (Arachosia, Drangiana)
* Eudemus (Indus)
* Bagadates, Ardakhshir I, Wahbarz, Vadfradad I, Vadfradad II, Alexander c. 220 BC (Persis)
* Andragoras (Parthia)
* Demodamas (Bactria, Sogdiana)
* Diodotus (Bactria)
* Alexander (Lydia)
* Molon c. 220 BC, Timarchus, c. 175 BC (Media)
* Apollodorus (Susiana)
* Ptolemaeus (Commagene)
* Noumenios, Hyspaosines c. 150 BC (Characene)

Hellenistic satraps were preceded by Achaemenid rulers, and followed or ruled by Hellenistic rulers

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Alexander the Great's Generals

Philip II's Generals|

* Attalus
* Parmenion
* Antipater
* Eumenes

The Somatophylakes
(Alexander's bodyguards)|

* Aristonous (to 323 BC)
* Arybbas (to 332 BC)
* Balacrus (to 333 BC)
* Demetrius (to 331 BC)
* Lysimachus (to 323 BC)
* Ptolemy (son of Seleucus) (to 333 BC)
* Peithon (to 323 BC)
* Hephaestion (to 324 BC)
* Menes (to 330 BC)
* Leonnatus (to 323 BC)
* Perdiccas (to 323 BC)
* Ptolemy (to 323 BC)
* Peucestas (to 323 BC)

Satraps at the
Partition of Babylon
(323 BC)|

* Antipater (Macedon and Greece)
* Philo (Illyria)
* Lysimachus (Thrace)
* Leonnatus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
* Antigonus (Phrygia)
* Asander (Caria)
* Nearchus (Lycia and Pamphylia)
* Menander (Lydia)
* Philotas(3) (Cilicia)
* Eumenes (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia)
* Ptolemy (Egypt)
* Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria)
* Neoptolemus (Armenia)
* Peucestas (Babylonia)
* Arcesilas (Mesopotamia)
* Peithon (Media)
* Tlepolemus (Persia)
* Nicanor(2) (Parthia)
* Antigenes (Susiana)
* Archon (Pelasgia)
* Philip (Hyrcania)
* Stasanor (Aria and Drangiana)
* Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)
* Amyntas (Bactria)
* Scythaeus (Sogdiana)

Satraps at the
Partition of Triparadisus
(321 BC)|

* Antipater (Macedon and Greece)
* Lysimachus (Thrace)
* Arrhidaeus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
* Antigonus (Phrygia, Lycia and Pamphylia)
* Cassander (Caria)
* Cleitus the White (Lydia)
* Philoxenus (Cilicia)
* Nicanor(2) (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia)
* Ptolemy (Egypt)
* Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria)
* Peucestas (Persia)
* Amphimachus (Mesopotamia)
* Peithon (Media)
* Tlepolemus (Carmania)
* Philip (Parthia)
* Antigenes (Susiana)
* Seleucus (Babylonia)
* Stasanor (Bactria and Sogdiana)
* Stasander (Aria and Drangiana)
* Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)

Cavalry Generals|

* Perdiccas
* Hephaestion
* Philotas(4)
* Ptolemy
* Cleitus the Black
* Antigonus
* Lysimachus
* Menander
* Leonnatus
* Laomedon of Mytilene
* Neoptolemus
* Erigyius
* Aretes
* Ariston of Paionia

Infantry Generals|

* Meleager
* Craterus
* Seleucus
* Polyperchon
* Antigenes
* Coenus
* Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)

Other or unknown
command|

* Alcetas
* Amphimachus
* Amyntas
* Arcesilas
* Archon
* Asander
* Cleitus the White
* Nearchus
* Nicanor(1)
* Nicanor(2)
* Peithon
* Peucestas
* Philip
* Philo
* Philotas(3)
* Philoxenus
* Scythaeus
* Sibyrtius
* Stasanor
* Stasander
* Tlepolemus

(1) Son of Parmenion, d. 330 BC; to be distinguished from (2)

(2) Satrap at Partition of Babylon; possibly Nicanor of Stageira
(3) Satrap at Partition of Babylon

(4) Son of Parmenion, d. 330 BC; to be distinguished from (3)

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