Heracon

Ancient Macedonian general
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAncient Macedonian general
PlacesMacedonia
Military personnel
Work fieldMilitary
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 400
Death1 January 324
The details

Biography

Heracon (Greek: Ἡράκων) officer in the service of Alexander the Great, who, together with Cleander, Agathon and Sitalces II, succeeded to the command of the army in Media, which had previously been under the orders of Parmenion, when the latter was put to death by order of Alexander, 330 BC. In common with many others of the Macedonian governors, he permitted himself many excesses during the absence of Alexander in the remote provinces of the East: among others he plundered a temple at Susa, noted for its wealth, on which charge he was put to death by Alexander after his return from India, 325 BC.

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