Dimnus

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Dimnus (Ancient Greek: Δίμνος) of Chalastra in Macedonia was hetairos of Alexander the Great. In autumn 330 BC, he formed a conspiracy to murder the king. Dimnus revealed to his eromenos Nicomachus the names of the conspirators (Demetrius, [Nicanor, lolaus, Dioxenus, Archepolis, Amyntas). But the plot was divulged by Cebalinus, who learned of the details from his brother, Nicomachus.

References

  • Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire by Waldemar Heckel ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9

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