Perdiccas
2. One of the generals who held a subordinate command under Eumenes in the war against Antigonus, B. C. 321. He was preparing to desert to the enemy, when Eumenes became apprised of his project, and sent Phoenix against him, who surprised his camp in the night, topk him prisoner, and brought him before Eumenes, who caused him to be put to death. (Diod. 18.40.)
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