Calas (general)
4th-century BC Macedonian general
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Calas or Callas (Greek: Κάλας or Κάλλας; lived 4th century BC) was an ancient Greek, son of Harpalus of Elimiotis and first cousin to Antigonus, king of Asia.
Satrap Calas | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Κάλας |
| Born | 4th century BC |
| Disappeared | before 325 BC |
| Allegiance | Macedonia |
| Rank | General |
| Conflicts | Wars of Alexander the Great Battle of the Granicus |
| Relations | Harpalus (father) |
Asian campaign of Philip II
Campaigns of Alexander the Great
At the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC he led the Thessalian cavalry in Alexander's army, and was appointed by him in the same year to the satrapy of the Lesser or Hellespontine Phrygia, to which Paphlagonia was soon after added.[2] Excluding a failed attempt to conquer Bithynia[3], we do not hear of Calas: it would seem, however, that he died before the treason and flight of his father in 325, as we know from Arrian that Demarchus succeeded him in the satrapy of the Hellespontine Phrygia during Alexander's life-time.
References
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Calas", Boston, (1867)
