Arybbas (somatophylax)
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Arybbas was a somatophylax of Alexander the Great. He was probably from Epirus
, a member of the Molossian royal house (i.e., a relative of Olympias
). He died of illness in Egypt in the winter of 332 BC and was replaced by Leonnatus
.
Epirus
The name Epirus, from the Greek "Ήπειρος" meaning continent may refer to:-Geographical:* Epirus - a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania...
, a member of the Molossian royal house (i.e., a relative of Olympias
Olympias
Olympias was a Greek princess of Epirus, daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the fourth wife of the king of Macedonia, Philip II, and mother of Alexander the Great...
). He died of illness in Egypt in the winter of 332 BC and was replaced by Leonnatus
Leonnatus
Leonnatus was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the diadochi.He was a member of the royal house of Lyncestis, a small kingdom that had been included in Macedonia by King Philip II of Macedon. Leonnatus was the same age as Alexander and was very close to him. Later, he was one...
.