[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Greek](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr) › [Archaic and Classical (to 323 BCE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.classical) › [Alexander's bematists (surveyors of the march)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.classical.bematists) › Philonides, bematist and courier # Philonides, bematist and courier (Philonides of Chersonesus) Alexander's long-distance runner and surveyor, quoted by Pliny for distances; known from Pliny (NH 7.84) and an inscription at Olympia. - **Language:** Ancient Greek - **Date:** 360–310 BCE - **Author:** [Φιλωνίδης](https://indike.org/pramana/person/philonides) - **Text:** lost --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.classical.bematists.philonides](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.classical.bematists.philonides) · Pramāṇa