8. A friend and general of Ptolemy, the son of Lagus, who was despatched by the Egyptian king in B. C. 320, with an army to reduce Syria and Phoenicia; an object which he quickly effected, taking prisoner Laomedon, the governor of those provinces. (Diod. 17.43.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890