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Archon ( Ancient Greek: Ἄρχων; died 321 BC) was a Pellaean, appointed satrap of Babylonia after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. [1] He is probably the same as the son of Cleinias mentioned in the Indian expedition of Alexander. [2] He perished in 321 BC in a fight against Dokimos. [3]
Archon ( Ancient Greek: Ἄρχων; died 321 BC) was a Pellaean, appointed satrap of Babylonia after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. He is probably the same as the son of Cleinias mentioned in the Indian expedition of Alexander. He perished in 321 BC in a fight against Dokimos.
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Archon (Ancient Greek: Ἄρχων; died 321 BC) was a Pellaean, appointed satrap of Babylonia after the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC), is probably the same as the son of Cleinias mentioned in the Indian expedition of Alexander. He perished in 321 BC in a fight against Docimus. As it is proved from an inscription in Delphi, Archon had taken part ...
•Heckel, Waldemar. Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great (P. J. Rhodes, R. Osborne: Greek Historical Inscriptions 404–323 BC.)
•Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Archon (1)", Boston, (1867)
•Epigraphical Database
•University of Naples Federico II. Archon di Pella vince gli Isthmia e ai Pythia.
•Matz, David. Greek and Roman Sport. McFarland, 1991.
•This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "article name needed". 1870.
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Archon (Ancient Greek: Ἄρχων; died 321 BC) was a Pellaean, appointed satrap of Babylonia after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. He is probably the same as the son of Cleinias mentioned in the Indian expedition of Alexander. He perished in 321 BC in a fight against Dokimos.
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