Philip (son of Menelaus)

4th-century BC Macedonian general

Philip (Ancient Greek: Φίλιππος), son of Menelaus was a Macedonian general of Alexander from the beginning of the Asiatic expedition. In the battle of Granicus (334 BC) he commanded the allied cavalry from Peloponnesus. In the battle of Gaugamela (331 BC) the Thessalian cavalry.

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* Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great Page 212 ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9

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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)
* Arcesilaus (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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