Eurybotas () of

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was the toxarch (τοξάρχης), meaning captain of the archers, in the army of

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,Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander, 1.8.4
/ref> a position to which he may have been summoned already by the Philip II, when he planned his Asiatic campaign. Eurybotas was killed, along with seventy of his men, in the Siege of Thebes in 335 BC. His successor appears to have been Ombrion (Ὀμβρίον) of Crete. Cretan archers were highly skilled and were an essential part of Greek military tactics. The Cretan archers were generally mercenaries.

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*Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel 4th-century BC Greek people 335 BC deaths Ancient Cretan generals Generals of Alexander the Great Generals of Philip II of Macedon Ancient Greek archers Military archers Year of birth unknown {{AncientGreece-bio-stub