1. Son of Parmenion, a distinguished officer in the service of Alexander. He is first mentioned at the passage of
the Danube, in the expedition of Alexander
against the Getae, B. C. 335, on which occasion he led the phalanx.
(Arr. Anab. 1.4.3.) But during the expedition into Asia he
appears to have uniformly held the chief command of the body of troops called the Hypaspists
(ὑπασπισταί) or foot-guards, as his brother Philotas
did that of the ἑταῖροι, or horseguards. We find him
mentioned, as holding this post, in the three great battles of the Granicus, of
Isstui, and of Arbela. He afterwards accompanied Alexander with a part of the troops under his command, during the rapid march of the
king in pursuit of Dareius (B. C. 330); which was probably his last
service, as he died of disease shortly afterwards, during the advance of Alexander into Bactria. His death at this juncture
was probably a fortunate event, as it saved him from participating either in the designs or
the fate of his brother Philotas. (Arrian, Anab. i. 14, 2.8, 3.11, 21,
25; Curt. 3.24.7, 4.50.27, 5.37.19, 6.22.18; Diod. 17.57.)