After Philotas had been put to death, Alexander sent at once into Media and dispatched Parmenio also, a man whose achievements with Philip had been many, and who was the only one of Alexander's older friends, or the principal one, to urge his crossing into Asia, and who, of the three sons that were his, had seen two killed on the expedition before this, and was now put to death along with the third.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :
perpetrator: Although not mentioned here, the New Pauly clearly states that Cleander was the officer who killed Parmenion.
http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/cleander-e614640 topology: According to the New Pauly this episode took place in Ekbatana.
http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/parmenion-e908390
