Polidos dari Tesalia

Polidos dari Tesalia (juga Polides, Polidus; Bahasa Yunani Kuno: Πολύειδος ὁ Θεσσαλός, terjemahan" "berlandaskan kebaikan", "bijak") adalah seorang insinyur militer Yunani kuno yang mengabdi kepada Filipus. Murid-muridnya adalah Diades dari Pela dan Karias, yang bertugas dalam kampanye-kampanye Aleksander Agung. Polidos adalah penemu Helepolis.^[1]

Referensi

^ Campbell, p. 4. "On campaign, Phillip was accompanied by engineers, one of whom, Polyidus of Thessaly, allegedly developed different types of battering ram. The same engineer was also remembered as the builder of a giant siege tower (helepolis) at Byzantium during Philip's siege of 340 BC. Alexander routinely utilised siege machinery, and several of his engineers are also known by name, emphasising, the esteem in which they were held. Indeed, a pupil of Polyidus, named Diades, was known as 'the man who took Tyre with Alexander' in 332 BC."

Sumber

Vitruvius. x. 19. s. 13. §3.
Campbell, Duncan B. Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399 BC-AD 363. Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-605-4

[1] Campbell, p. 4. "On campaign, Phillip was accompanied by engineers, one of whom, Polyidus of Thessaly, allegedly developed different types of battering ram. The same engineer was also remembered as the builder of a giant siege tower (helepolis) at Byzantium during Philip's siege of 340 BC. Alexander routinely utilised siege machinery, and several of his engineers are also known by name, emphasising, the esteem in which they were held. Indeed, a pupil of Polyidus, named Diades, was known as 'the man who took Tyre with Alexander' in 332 BC."

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