Cleomenes (satrap of Egypt)

Also known as: Cleomenes · Role: satrap of Egypt · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 6

Life events

• Ptolemy killed Cleomenes, secured Alexander’s body, and buried it at Memphis.(Book 1 · Chapter 6 · 📍 Memphis)
  • With: Ptolemy (son of Lagus) Alexander (son of Philip)
  • “And he himself crossed into Egypt and slew Cleomenes, whom Alexander had made satrap of Egypt, thinking him friendly to Perdiccas and therefore not loyal to himself, and persuaded those of the Macedonians who were appointed to carry the dead body of Alexander to Ægæ to hand it over to him, and buried him at Memphis with the customary Macedonian rites;”

Book 1 · Chapter 6

• with Ptolemy (son of Lagus) (Ptolemy killed Cleomenes.) “he himself crossed into Egypt and slew Cleomenes, whom Alexander had made satrap of Egypt”
• with Alexander (son of Philip) (Alexander appointed Cleomenes satrap.) “Cleomenes, whom Alexander had made satrap of Egypt”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.