Alcetas
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thumb|Relief of a horseman from the so-called "Tomb of Alcetas" in Termessos (modern Turkey) Alcetas (Greek Ἀλκέτας; died 320 BC) was the brother of Perdiccas and the son of Orontes from Orestis. He is first mentioned as one of Alexander the Great's generals in his Indian expedition.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Macedonia
- Place of death
- Q599462
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Conflict
- Wars of the Diadochi
- Image
- Alketas1.jpg
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- date of death
- 0319-01-01
- date of birth
- 0400-01-01
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- exsanguination
- name in native language
- Ἀλκέτας
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thumb|Relief of a horseman from the so-called "Tomb of Alcetas" in Termessos (modern Turkey) Alcetas (Greek Ἀλκέτας; died 320 BC) was the brother of Perdiccas and the son of Orontes from Orestis. He is first mentioned as one of Alexander the Great's generals in his Indian expedition.
On the death of Alexander, Alcetas was a strong supporter of his brother Perdiccas. At Perdiccas' orders, in 323 BC Alcetas murdered Cynane, the half-sister of Alexander the Great, as she wished to marry off her daughter Eurydice to Philip Arrhidaeus, the nominal king of Macedon.
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