Amyntas (son of Andromenes)
Amyntas(Greek:Ἀμύντας;died 330 BC) was aMacedonianofficer inAlexander the Great's army, son of Andromenes fromTymphaia.[1]After theBattle of the Granicus,334 BC, when the garrison ofSardiswas quietly surrendered to Alexander, Amyntas was the officer sent forward to receive it from the commander,Mithrenes.[2]Two years after, 332, we again hear of him as being sent into Macedonia to collect levies, while Alexander after the siege ofGazaadvanced toEgypt;and he returned with them in the ensuing year, when the king was in possession ofSusa.[3]
After the execution ofPhilotason a charge of treason in 330 Amyntas and two other sons of Andromenes (AttalusandSimmias) were arrested on suspicion of having been engaged in the plot. The suspicion was strengthened by their known intimacy with Philotas, and by the fact that their brotherPolemonhad fled from the camp when the latter was apprehended,[4]or according toCurtius,[5]when he was given up to the torture. Amyntas defended himself and his brothers ably,[5]and their innocence being further established by Polemon's reappearance,[6]they were acquitted. Some little time after, Amyntas was killed by an arrow at the siege of a village.[4]It is doubtful whether the son of Andromenes is the Amyntas mentioned by Curtius[7]as commander of a portion of the Macedonian troops at theBattle of Issusin 333; or again, the person spoken of as leading a brigade at the forcing of theCilician Gatesin 331.[8]But Amyntas was a common name among the Macedonians.[9]
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- Smith, William(editor);Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,"Amyntas (4)"Archived2012-09-22 at theWayback Machine,Boston,(1867)
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Smith, William,ed. (1870).Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.{{cite encyclopedia}}:Missing or empty|title=(help)