Polemon Explained

Polemon (or Polemo) is the name of eminent ancient Greeks:

Philosophers

• Polemon (scholarch), the head of the Platonic Academy from 314–269 BC
• Polemon of Athens, a 2nd-century BC Stoic philosopher, also referred to as Polemon of Ilium
• Polemon of Laodicea, a 2nd-century sophist

Macedonian officers

• Polemon (son of Andromenes),
• Polemon (son of Megacles),, Macedonian of Pella, who was one of the officers appointed by Alexander the Great to command the garrison at Memphis in 331 BC
• Polemon (son of Theramenes),

Kings and other monarchs

• Polemon I of Pontus, king of Pontus from 36 BC to AD 8
• Polemon II of Pontus, son to the above, king of Pontus from 38 to 64

Other

• Polemon (snake), a genus of venomous snakes found in Africa
• Polemopolis, a Latin name of Sodankylä

See also

• Palaemon (disambiguation)