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Dimnus

Dimnus 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. But the plot was divulged by Cebalinus, who learned of the details from his brother, Nicomachus.

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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.

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