Meleagros demadid

Meleagros Demadid (342 - 272 BC) was the head of the prominent Demadid family during the reign of Seleukos I Nikator. He served as tutor to Seleukos' children, but his relation ship with the children was poor, often having to result to bribery to get results. In the end the stress of the job got to him, and he died for overexertion.

His daughter Simon would go on to marry Antiochos I.