Demetrius (somatophylax)
Demetrius (Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος) (died 330 BC) was one of Alexander's somatophylakes. He was suspected of being engaged in the conspiracy of Philotas, and was executed. Ptolemy I Soter replaced him as somatophylax.
References
[edit]- Arrian, Anabasis 3.27.5
- Quintus Curtius Rufus 6.7.15 and 6.11.35-38
- Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9 (extract online)
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