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Agathon of Macedonia
Agathon (in Greek Aγαθων; lived 4th century BC) was the son of the Macedonian Philotas and the brother of Parmenion and Asander. He was given as a hostage to Antigonus in 313 BC, by his brother Asander, who was satrap of Caria, but was taken back again by Asander in a few days.1 Agathon had a son, named Asander, who is mentioned in a Greek inscription.
References
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,
"Agathon",
Boston , (1867)
Note
1 Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xix. 75
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