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Memnon of Rhodes, the Greek mercenary who aligned himself with the Persians, advocated a scorched Earth strategy.
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Memnon and Rhodes
* May – Alexander wins a major victory against the Persians commanded by the Greek mercenary Memnon of Rhodes, in the Battle of the Granicus near the Sea of Marmara.
* At Halicarnassus, Alexander successfully undertakes the first of many sieges, eventually forcing his opponents, the mercenary captain Memnon of Rhodes and the Persian satrap of Caria, Orontobates, to withdraw by sea.
* Memnon of Rhodes, Greek mercenary leader ( b. 380 BC )
* Macedonian troops, commanded by Parmenion, trusted lieutenant of Philip II, arrive in Asia Minor, but are driven back by Persian forces under the command of the Greek mercenary Memnon of Rhodes.
* Memnon of Rhodes ( 380 – 333 BC ): was the commander of the Greek mercenaries working for the Persian King Darius III when Alexander the Great of Macedonia invaded Persia in 334 BC and won the Battle of the Granicus River.
* Memnon of Rhodes ( 380 – 333 BC ), commander of the Greek mercenaries working for the Persian King Darius III
* Memnon ( novel ) by Scott Oden, based on Memnon of Rhodes
Following Alexander's victory at Issus, the Persian mercenary commander Memnon of Rhodes ordered a counter-attack into Asia Minor in an attempt to sever Alexander's lines of supply and communication ; however, Antigonus defeated the Persian forces in three separate battles.
After the Macedonians soundly defeated the Persian satraps of Asia Minor ( led by the Greek mercenary, Memnon of Rhodes ) at the Battle of the Granicus, Darius took personal command of his army.
The Persian fleet under Memnon of Rhodes and Pharnabazus was apparently a considerable danger for Antipater, bringing war in the Aegean sea and threatening war in Europe.
Orontobates and Memnon of Rhodes entrenched themselves in Halicarnassus.
Fought in Northwestern Asia Minor, near the site of Troy, it was here that Alexander defeated the forces of the Persian satraps of Asia Minor, including a large force of Greek mercenaries led by Memnon of Rhodes.
The Greek mercenaries, under the command of Memnon of Rhodes, who fought for the Persians, were abandoned after the cavalry retreat.
Memnon of Rhodes and satrap Arsamenes held the left wing each with his own cavalry ; Arsites was stationed next with the horsemen from Paphlagonia ; then came Spithrobates satrap of Ionia at the head of the Hyrcanian cavalry.
Memnon of Rhodes ( 380 – 333 BC ) was the commander of the Greek mercenaries working for the Persian king Darius III when Alexander the Great of Macedonia invaded Persia in 334 BC.
Memnon was the brother of Mentor of Rhodes, brother-in-law of Artabazus of Phrygia, and husband and uncle of Barsine, Artabazus ' daughter and Alexander the Great's mistress.
Memnon of Rhodes is the subject of a work of historical fiction, Memnon by Scott Oden ( ISBN 1-932815-39-2 US hc ; ISBN 0-553-81895-3 UK pb ), in which the character of Memnon is also the son of Timocrates of Rhodes.
* Memnon, ( 2006 ), a historical novel based on the life of Memnon of Rhodes by Scott Oden.
Memnon and Greek
Greek mythology attributed the founding of Susa to king Memnon of Aethiopia, a character from Homer's Trojan War epic, the Iliad.
* Memnon of Heraclea Heraclea Pontica, Greek historian ; c. 1st century he wrote a history about his city in Asia Minor on the Black Sea
The Greek historical author Memnon of Heraclea ( fl.
This account, housed in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, is the first known European mention, since ancient Greek and Roman writers, about a whole range of monuments in Upper Egypt and Nubia, including Karnak, Luxor temple, Colossi of Memnon, Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae, and others.
The Greek mercenary general Memnon suggested to the Persian Satraps the use of the scorched earth policy against Alexander as he moved into Asia Minor.
He must have been familiar with Herodotus, and in some cases, he even attempted to synchronise Egyptian history with Greek ( for example, equating Memnon with Amenophis, and Armesis with Danaos ).
This suggests he was also familiar with the Greek Epic Cycle ( where the Ethiopian Memnon is slain by Achilles during the Trojan War ) and the history of Argos ( in Aeschylus ' Suppliants ).
* Memnon ( 1 ) from Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography
The so-called " Memnon pieta ", Ancient Greece | Ancient Greek Attic Red-figure pottery | red-figure cup, ca.
File: Black-figure panel amphora. jpg | Black-Figure panel amphora ( Achilles fighting over the dead body of Antilochus with the Trojan hero Prince Memnon ), Greek, c. 575 B. C.
In battle, Memnon kills Antilochus, a Greek warrior who was the son of Nestor and a great favourite of Achilles.
Memnon and mercenary
Mathayus ( Johnson ), the last true Akkadian mercenary, along with his half-brother, Jesup, and friend, Rama, is hired by King Pheron ( Rees ) to kill a sorcerer, whose prophetic powers allow the vicious Egyptian Emperor Memnon ( Brand ) to rule his empire with an iron fist.
Memnon and who
The proceedings of both councils were reported to the emperor who decided ultimately to depose Cyril, Memnon and Nestorius.
Memnon, who was killed by Achilles, seems to have a received a similar fate.
In the ensuing battle, Memnon killed Antilochus, who took one of Memnon's blows to save his father Nestor.
In addition, they had the agreement of the papal legates and the support of the population of Ephesus who supported their bishop, Memnon.
* Alcyoneus, an Ethiopian who fought under Memnon in the Trojan War.
In the Epic Cycle that revolved around the Trojan War, Tithonus, who has travelled east from Troy into Assyria and founded Susa, is bribed to send his son Memnon to fight at Troy with a golden grapevine.
The Aethiopis ( Αἰθιοπίς ), in five books, is so called from the Aethiopian Memnon, who became the ally of the Trojans after the death of Hector.
There he met British Consul General Henry Salt, who hired his services to collect from the temple in Thebes the so-called ' Younger Memnon ', one of two colossal granite heads depicting Ramesses II, and transport it to England.
Memnon was a hero of the Trojan War, a King of Ethiopia who led his armies from Africa into Asia Minor to help defend the beleaguered city but was ultimately slain by Achilles.
They briefly stumble into the laboratory of Memnon's sympathetic court magician, Philos ( Hill ), who directs Mathayus to the courtyard where Memnon is training.
Cassandra kills the guard who shot Mathayus, while Mathayus recovers his bow, pulls the arrow out of his back and uses it to shoot the exhausted Memnon.
Herodes Atticus was the teacher of three notable students who were Achilles, Memnon and Polydeuces ( Polydeukes ).
Sisygambis was the daughter of king Artaxerxes II Memnon, who married Arsames of Ostanes, and the mother of Darius III of Persia, whose reign was ended during the wars of Alexander the Great.
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