Xenon (general)
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Xenon (in Greek Ξενων) was an officer in the service of Antiochus III the Great (223–187 BC), who was sent, together with Theodotus Hemiolius, against Molon in 221 BC. They retired before Molon under the shelter of the towns.1
[edit] References
- Polybius; Histories, Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (translator); London - New York, (1889)
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Xenon (2)", Boston, (1867)
[edit] Note
1 Polybius, v. 42, 43
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
