Xenon_(general)

Xenon (general)

Xenon (general)

General officer (223–187 BC)


Xenon (in Greek Ξένων) was an officer in the service of Antiochus III the Great (223187 BC), who was sent, together with Theodotus Hemiolius, against Molon in 221 BC. They retired before Molon under the shelter of the towns.[1]

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  1. Polybius, v. 42, 43

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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