Memnon of Rhodes

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Greek general mercenary military commander

Memnon of Rhodes was a prominent Greek mercenary general in Persian service during Alexander the Great’s campaigns, noted for his strategic skill and opposition to the Macedonian conquest.

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Label	Occurrences
Memnon of Rhodes canonical	6

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek general ⓘ mercenary ⓘ military commander ⓘ
activeDuring	4th century BC ⓘ
allegiance	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
associatedWith	Achaemenid–Macedonian conflicts ⓘ
attempted	to use Persian naval superiority against Alexander ⓘ
buriedIn	Lesbos ⓘ surface form: Lesbos (probable)
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
commanded	Greek mercenaries in Persian service ⓘ Persian fleet ⓘ surface form: Persian fleet in the Aegean
deathPlace	near Mytilene ⓘ
diedIn	333 BC ⓘ
employer	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
familyRelation	Mentor of Rhodes ⓘ
historicalSource	Arrian of Nicomedia ⓘ surface form: Arrian Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Plutarch ⓘ
knownFor	defensive strategy against Macedonian invasion ⓘ opposition to Alexander the Great ⓘ strategic skill ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
militaryConflict	Battle of Granicus ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Granicus Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ
militaryRole	commander of coastal defenses in Asia Minor ⓘ
notableFor	advocating avoidance of pitched battle at Granicus ⓘ
opposed	Alexander the Great ⓘ Macedonian conquest of Asia Minor ⓘ
origin	Rhodes ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Aegean Sea ⓘ Asia Minor ⓘ
relatedTo	Artabazus of Phrygia ⓘ
servedAs	mercenary general ⓘ
servedUnder	Darius III ⓘ surface form: Darius III of Persia
spouse	Barsine ⓘ
strategy	naval operations in the Aegean Sea ⓘ scorched earth policy in Asia Minor ⓘ
supported	Persian satraps in Asia Minor ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Granicus → commander → Memnon of Rhodes ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Granicus

Siege of Halicarnassus → combatant → Memnon of Rhodes ⓘ

Siege of Halicarnassus → belligerentCommander → Memnon of Rhodes ⓘ

Barsine, daughter of Artabazus → spouse → Memnon of Rhodes ⓘ

Arsites → cooperatedWith → Memnon of Rhodes ⓘ

Arsites → rejectedProposalFrom → Memnon of Rhodes ⓘ