Back بيثون بن كراتياس Arabic بيثون بن كراتياس ARZ Питон (диадох) Bulgarian Pitó (sàtrapa de Mèdia) Catalan Peithon (Sohn des Krateas) German Πείθων (σατράπης) Greek Pitón (sátrapa de Media) Spanish پیثون Persian Peithon Finnish Peithon French
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Peithon | |
|---|---|
Πείθων | |
| Regent of Macedon | |
| In office 320 BC – 320 BC Serving with Arrhidaeus | |
| Monarch | Alexander IV & Philip III |
| Preceded by | Perdiccas |
| Succeeded by | Antipater |
| Satrap of Media | |
| In office 323 BC – 314 BC | |
| Monarch | Alexander IV |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 355 BC Eordaia, Macedonia |
| Died | c. 314 BC (aged 41–42) |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Occupation | Satrap, bodyguard, nobleman |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Macedonia |
| Years of service | 335 – 314 BC |
| Battles/wars | |
Peithon or Pithon (Greek: Πείθων or Πίθων, c. 355 – c. 314 BC) was the son of Crateuas, a nobleman from Eordaia in western Macedonia.[a] He was famous for being one of the bodyguards of Alexander the Great, becoming the later satrap of Media, and claiming to be one of the diadochi.
- ^ Fox, Robin J.; Fox, Robin Lane (2011-06-22). Brill's Companion to Ancient Macedon: Studies in the Archaeology and History ... p. 370. ISBN 978-9004206502. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ Waldemar Heckel (2008-05-27). The last days and testament of Alexander the Great: a prosopographic study. ISBN 9783515050920. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ Paulus Orosius; A. T. Fear (2010). Seven Books of History Against the Pagans. p. 148. ISBN 9781846312397. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
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