Xenon (general)

Xenon (Ancient Greek: Ξένων) was an officer in the service of Antiochus III the Great (223–187 BC), who was sent, together with Theodotus Hemiolius, against Molon in 221 BC. They retired before Molon under the shelter of the towns.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Polybius, v. 42, 43

References

  • Polybius (1889). Hultsch, Friedrich Otto (ed.). Histories. Translated by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S. Macmillan and Co.
  • Smith, Philip (1870). "Xenon (2)" . In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company – via Wikisource.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, Philip (1870). "Xenon 2.". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3.

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