Ganymedes
Person
Ganymedes is presented as Arsinoe’s agent and as a commander directing Alexandrian resistance. The water episode makes technical expertise part of the struggle over the city. His actions are narrated by the Caesarian continuation, whose authorship remains disputed.
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Editorial evidence: Alexandrian War 4 · Alexandrian War 5 · Alexandrian War 33
Alexandrian War 4
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
Meanwhile a quarrel had arisen—as related above—between Achillas, who commanded the veteran army, and Arsinoe, the younger daughter of king Ptolemaeus and with each party plotting against the other and anxious to obtain the supreme power for himself, Arsinoe, acting through the eunuch Ganymedes, her tutor, struck the first blow and killed Achillas. …
Alexandrian War 5
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
… This circumstance suggested to Ganymedes the possibility that the water supply could be cut off from our troops; who, posted as they were in various quarters of the town to guard our entrenchments, were using water drawn from conduits and cisterns in private buildings.
Alexandrian War 6
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
This plan being once approved, Ganymedes embarked upon a serious and difficult task. …
Explicit source relations
- Ganymedes — acts with / for — Arsinoe · Dossier · Alexandrian War 4
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