Antigenes

Antigenes (; died 316 BC) served as an officer under Philip II of Macedon and continued his service, rising to the rank of general, under Alexander the Great. He was a commander of the Argyraspides, or Silver Shields.

Antigenes had uncertain origins, but he is said to have been born sometime in 380, possibly in Pella or Pallene.

Antigenes was shot in the face during a battle and lost an eye. He is said to have fought on, with the arrow still lodged in his face, until the battle was won. Plutarch provides several unflattering accounts, including claims that Antigenes fraudulently requested sick leave during Alexander’s campaign in order to return to his wife Telesippa, and subsequently attempted to defraud Alexander during the payment of veteran soldiers' debts at Susa. He was one of the commanders of the Argyraspides and, with his troops, took the side of Eumenes. On the defeat of Eumenes in 316, Antigenes fell into the hands of his enemy Antigonus I Monophthalmus, who had him burnt alive in a pit. Antigenes was executed in this particularly cruel manner because of his Silver Shields' exceptional performance against Antigonus' infantry during the Second War of the Diadochi. He was succeeded as satrap of Susiana by Aspeisas, a native appointee of Antigonus.