Philotas (father of Parmenion)

Philotas (in Greek Φιλώτας; lived 4th century BC) was a Macedonian soldier, father of Parmenion, the general of Alexander the Great (336 — 323 BC).^[1] It appears that he had two other sons, Asander and Agathon.^[2]

Notes

1. Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, iii. 11
2. Arrian, i. 17; Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xix. 75

References

• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Philotas (1)", Boston, (1867)

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.