Hege'lochus
2. One of
Alexander's officers, son of Hippostratus.
At the battle of the Granicus, in B. C. 334, he led a body of cavalry which was sent forward to watch the enemy's movements.
In the following year Amphotorus was appointed to command the fleet in the Hellespont, and Hegelochus was associated with him as general of the forces, with a commission to drive the Persian garrisons from the islands in the Aegean.
In this he was fully successful, the islanders being themselves anxious to throw off the Persan yoke; and he brought the news of his success to
Alexander in B. C. 331, when the king was engaged in the foundation of Alexandria.
In the same year he commanded a troop of horse at the battle of Arbela ; and in the confession of Philotas, in B. C. 330, he is mentioned as having died in battle.
According to the statements of Philotas under the torture, on which, however, no dependence can be placed, Hegelochus, indignant at
Alexander's assumption of divine honours, had instigated Parmenion to form a plot against the king's life. (Arr.
Anab,. 1.13, 3.2, 11;
Curt. 3.1,
4.4,
6.11; comp.
Plut. Alex. 49;
Diod. 17.79.)
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