Marsyas of Pella

Marsyas ( altgr. Μαρσύας; † after 306 BC ), son of Periander of Pella, was an ancient Macedonian historians in the 4th century BC.

Marsyas was a maternal half-brother of the commander and later Antigonus Diadochenherrschers Monophthalmos. He was a young fellow ( syntrophos ) of Prince Alexander, whom he accompanied on his Asian campaign. In the Diadochenkriegen he took 306 BC as a naval officer ( nauarchos ) participated in the side of his nephew Demetrius Poliorketes at the Battle of Salamis (Cyprus). He probably died in the early 3rd century BC

Apparently in old age Marsyas served as the author of three works. In addition to a treatise on the education of the young Alexander, and a history of Attica into twelve books, he also wrote ten books in the history of Macedonia ( Makedonika ) from its beginnings under King Karanos until the return of Alexander from Egypt in 331 BC, where the narrative abruptly ends. These works are only fragmentary obtained ( FGrHist No. 135). He is not to be confused with the younger historian Marsyas of Philippi, who also wrote about Macedonian History ( FGrHist No. 136).

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• Plutarch Moralia 182c
• Diodorus 20, 50, 4
• Suda M 227