(Πέστας).
1. Son of Macartatus, a Macedonian officer in the service of Alexander, who was appointed by the king to command mand the troops left in Egypt, B. C. 331. (Arr. Anab. 5.6; Curt. 4.8.4.)
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