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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), fl. 4th century BC
Polemon (son of Megacles), fl. 4th century BC, 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), fl. 4th century BC

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)

Topics referred to by the same term

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