Niloxenus

(Νειλόξενος).

1. A native of Naucratis in Egypt, mentioned by Plutarch (Sept. Sap. Conv. 2) as a sage who lived in the time of Solon.

2. A Macedonian, son of Satyrus. He was a friend of Alexander the Great, and was left by him with an army to superintend the affairs of the province, when he founded Alexandria on Mount Caucasus. (Arr. 3.28.) [C.P.M]