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Pantordanus or Pantordanos (), son of Cleander, was hipparch of the ''ile'' of '' Hetairoi'' of Leugaea from the beginning of the campaign of
Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...
. At the
Battle of Issus The Battle of Issus (also Issos) occurred in southern Anatolia, on 5 November 333 BC between the League of Corinth, Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, led by Darius III of Persia, Darius III. It was the second g ...
, he occupied at first the left wing but then being transferred (along with the squadron of Peroidas) to the right, just as the battle began (A 2.9.3). Nothing further is known of him. At the
battle of Gaugamela The Battle of Gaugamela ( ; ), also called the Battle of Arbela (), took place in 331 BC between the forces of the Ancient Macedonian army, Army of Macedon under Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Army, Persian Army under Darius III, ...
both Peroidas and Pantordanus had been replaced.


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* Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel 4th-century BC Greek people Generals of Alexander the Great Ancient Macedonian generals Ancient Elimiotes {{AncientGreece-bio-stub