Philotas (father of Parmenion)

For persons with the same name, see Philotas (disambiguation).

Philotas (in Greek Φιλώτας; lived 4th century BC) was a Macedonian soldier, father of Parmenion, the general of Alexander the Great (336 — 323 BC).[1] It appears that he had two other sons, Asander and Agathon.[2]

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  1. Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, iii. 11
  2. Arrian, i. 17; Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xix. 75

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