Coinage of Memnon of Rhodes, Mysia. Mid 4th century BC
Native name
Μέμνων
Born
c. 380 BC Rhodes
Died
summer, 333 BC (aged c. 47)
Allegiance
Achaemenid Empire
Years of service
339 - 333 BC
Battles/wars
Battle of the Granicus
Siege of Halicarnassus
Spouse(s)
Barsine (c. 340 BC)
Memnon of Rhodes (Greek: Μέμνων ὁ Ῥόδιος; c. 380 – 333 BC) was a prominent Rhodian Greek commander in the service of the Achaemenid Empire. Related to the Persian aristocracy by the marriage of his sister to the satrap Artabazus II, together with his brother Mentor he served the Persian king for most of his life, and played an important role during the invasion of Alexander the Great and the decades before that.[1]
Carl Otis Schuster notes that though often inaccurately described as "simply a mercenary", Memnon was arguably the toughest defender of the Persian Empire Alexander had to face, and was nearly successful in putting a halt to him.[1]
MemnonofRhodes (Greek: Μέμνων ὁ Ῥόδιος; c. 380 – 333 BC) was a prominent Rhodian Greek commander in the service of the Achaemenid Empire. Related to...
a Greek Rhodian mother, the sister of mercenaries Mentor ofRhodes and MemnonofRhodes. Barsine became the wife of her uncle Mentor, and after his death...
suppression of the Egyptian revolt, which probably took place from the end of 336 BC to February 335 BC. When this was done he sent MemnonofRhodes to Asia...
sister of the two mercenaries Mentor ofRhodes and MemnonofRhodes. Towards the end of his life, he became satrap of Bactria for Alexander the Great. In...
"king of all the Sindike" shortly thereafter. Probably during the last years of Leucon's reign, Heraclea Pontica may have hired MemnonofRhodes, the famous...
Persian satraps of Asia Minor (led by Greek mercenary MemnonofRhodes) at the Battle of the Granicus, Darius took personal command of his army. He gathered...
fortress of Alinda, surrendered the fortress to him. Orontobates and MemnonofRhodes entrenched themselves in Halicarnassus. Alexander had sent spies to...
Alexander seriously or mount a serious challenge to Alexander's movements. MemnonofRhodes, the Greek mercenary who aligned himself with the Persians, advocated...
on the Asiatic side of the Bosporan Kingdom. During the last years of Leukon's reign, MemnonofRhodes was hired by the city of Heraclea Pontica to wage...
Clarendon Press. Retrieved 2018-01-10. Memory and the name Memnon, as in "MemnonofRhodes" are etymologically related. Mnemosyne is sometimes confused...
commanded by the Greek mercenary MemnonofRhodes, in the Battle of the Granicus near the Sea of Marmara. A large number of King Darius III's Greek mercenaries...
his most able general MemnonofRhodes against the Macedonian troops that were already stationed in Ionia at this time. News of Alexander had not reached...
commanded by the Greek mercenary MemnonofRhodes, in the Battle of the Granicus near the Sea of Marmara. A large number of King Darius III's Greek mercenaries...
lieutenant of Philip II, arrive in Asia Minor, but are driven back by Persian forces under the command of the Greek mercenary MemnonofRhodes. At a grand...
mercenary Memnon. In the battle of the Granicus, he commanded the Paphlagonian cavalry in the left Persian wing just to the right of Arsames and Memnonof Rhodes...
captain MemnonofRhodes and the Persian satrap of Caria, Orontobates, to withdraw by sea. Alexander left the government of Caria to a member of the Hecatomnid...
Persian King, Artaxerxes III, sent MemnonofRhodes to reconquer these coastal cities. Under the guise of truce, Memnon tricked Hermias into visiting him...
recorded opponent of Alexander. According to historian Peter Green, Porus's performance in the battle out-classed both MemnonofRhodes and Spitamenes....
Rhodes (/roʊdz/ ; Greek: Ρόδος, romanized: Ródos [ˈroðos]) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the...
Artabazos II and Pharnabazus was MemnonofRhodes, a Greek mercenary and relative by marriage. Artabazus, Pharnabazus and Memnon were later allowed to return...
did while the king was at Gordium in the winter of 334–333 BC. The Persian fleet under MemnonofRhodes and Pharnabazus was apparently a considerable danger...
region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor (Anatolia, Asian part of modern Turkey). It was located on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. It was bounded...
This is a list of mercenaries. It includes foreign volunteers, private military contractors, and other "soldiers of fortune". Andrade, Tonio. (2016) The...
Athenian General MemnonofRhodes. In 1959, Cushing originally planned to appear in the lead role of William Fairchild's play The Sound of Murder, while...
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