This is a list of
ancient Macedonians
The Macedonians ( el, Μακεδόνες, ''Makedónes'') were an ancient tribe that lived on the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axios in the northeastern part of mainland Greece. Essentially an ancient Greek people,; ...
, an
ancient Greek tribe inhabiting the northeastern part of the
Greek peninsula
Greece is a country of the Balkans, in Southeastern Europe, bordered to the north by Albania, North Macedonia and Bulgaria; to the east by Turkey, and is surrounded to the east by the Aegean Sea, to the south by the Cretan and the Libyan Seas, an ...
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Mythology
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Makednos
In Greek mythology, Makedon, also Macedon ( grc, Μακεδών) or Makednos (), was the eponymous ancestor of the ancient Macedonians according to various ancient Greek fragmentary narratives. In most versions, he appears as a native or immigra ...
Kings
Military personnel
High generals
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Parmenion
Parmenion (also Parmenio; grc-gre, Παρμενίων; c. 400 – 330 BC), son of Philotas, was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. A nobleman, Parmenion rose to become Philip's chief milita ...
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Strategos
''Strategos'', plural ''strategoi'', Latinized ''strategus'', ( el, στρατηγός, pl. στρατηγοί; Doric Greek: στραταγός, ''stratagos''; meaning "army leader") is used in Greek to mean military general. In the Hellenisti ...
of Philip and Alexander and commander of
pharsalian squadron
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Attalus strategos of Philip and early taxiarch of Alexander
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Hephaestion
Hephaestion ( grc, Ἡφαιστίων ''Hephaistíon''; c. 356 BC – October 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman and a general in the army of Alexander the Great. He was "by far the dearest of all the ...
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Chiliarch Chiliarch is a military rank dating back to antiquity. Originally denoting the commander of a unit of about one thousand men (a chiliarchy) in the Macedonian army, it was subsequently used as a Greek translation of a Persian officer who functioned ...
(after 327 BC)
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Perdiccas
Perdiccas ( el, Περδίκκας, ''Perdikkas''; 355 BC – 321/320 BC) was a general of Alexander the Great. He took part in the Macedonian campaign against the Achaemenid Empire, and, following Alexander's death in 323 BC, rose to becom ...
– Chiliarch (after 324 BC)
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Seleucus I Nicator – Chiliarch (after 323 BC)
Somatophylakes
''Somatophylakes'' ( el, Σωματοφύλακες; singular: ''somatophylax'', σωματοφύλαξ) were the bodyguards of high-ranking people in ancient Greece.
The most famous body of ''somatophylakes'' were those of Philip II of Macedon a ...
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Aristonous of Pella
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Aristonous of Pella ( grc, Ἀριστόνους), son of Peisaeus (Πεισαῖος), who was one of the somatophylakes ''bodyguards'' of Alexander the Great, distinguished himself greatly on one occasion in India. On the death of Alexander, ...
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Arybbas (somatophylax) Arybbas ( el, Αρύββας) was a somatophylax of Alexander the Great. He was probably from Epirus, a member of the Molossian royal house (i.e., a relative of Olympias
Olympias ( grc-gre, Ὀλυμπιάς; c. 375–316 BC) was a Greek prince ...
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Balacrus
Balakros ( el, Bάλακρoς), also Balacrus, the son of Nicanor, one of Alexander the Great's "Somatophylakes" (bodyguards), was appointed satrap of Cilicia after the Battle of Issus, 333 BC. He succeeded to the last Achaemenid satrap of Cili ...
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Demetrius (somatophylax)
Demetrius ( grc, Δημήτριος) (died 330 BC) was one of Alexander's somatophylakes. He was suspected of being engaged in the conspiracy of Philotas, and was executed. Ptolemy (son of Lagus) replaced him as Somatophylax.
References
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Hephaestion
Hephaestion ( grc, Ἡφαιστίων ''Hephaistíon''; c. 356 BC – October 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman and a general in the army of Alexander the Great. He was "by far the dearest of all the ...
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Leonnatus
Leonnatus ( el, Λεοννάτος; 356 BC – 322 BC) was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the ''diadochi.''
He was a member of the royal house of Lyncestis, a small Greek kingdom that had been included in Macedonia by Kin ...
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Lysimachus
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Menes of Pella
Menes of Pella ( grc, Μένης), son of Dionysius, was one of the Greek officers of Alexander the Great; and after the Battle of Issus (333 BC) was admitted by the king into the number of his somatophylakes, in the place of Balacrus, who was ...
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Pausanias of Orestis
Pausanias of Orestis ( grc, Παυσανίας ἐκ τῆς Ὀρεστίδος) was a member of Philip II of Macedon's personal bodyguard (''somatophylakes''). He assassinated Philip in 336 BC, possibly at the behest of Philip's wife Olym ...
Philip's
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Peithon
Peithon or Pithon ( Greek: ''Πείθων'' or ''Πίθων'', 355 – 314 BC) was the son of Crateuas, a nobleman from Eordaia in western Macedonia. He was famous for being one of the bodyguards of Alexander the Great, becoming the lat ...
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Peucestas
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Ptolemy (somatophylax)
Ptolemy ( grc, Πτολεμαῖος) was one of the selected officers of Alexander the Great, called somatophylaces. He was killed at the siege of Halicarnassus, 334 BC, commanding two ''taxeis'' of Hypaspists, those of Adaeus and Timander.
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Ptolemy (son of Seleucus) Ptolemy ( el, ); died 333 BC) son of Seleucus from Orestis or Tymphaia,''Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great'Page 234 By Waldemar Heckel was one of the select officers called Somatophylaces, or guards of the king's person; he combined wit ...
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Ptolemy I Soter
Cavalry
Hipparchoi
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Philotas
Philotas ( el, Φιλώτας; 365 BC – October 330 BC) was the eldest son of Parmenion, one of Alexander the Great's most experienced and talented generals. He rose to command the Companion Cavalry, but was accused of conspiring against Ale ...
(after 330 BC,
Cleitus the Black
Cleitus the Black ( grc-gre, Κλεῖτος ὁ μέλας; c. 375 BC – 328 BC), was an officer of the Macedonian army led by Alexander the Great. He saved Alexander's life at the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC and was killed by him in a drunk ...
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Coenus,
Hephaestion
Hephaestion ( grc, Ἡφαιστίων ''Hephaistíon''; c. 356 BC – October 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman and a general in the army of Alexander the Great. He was "by far the dearest of all the ...
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Craterus,
Perdiccas
Perdiccas ( el, Περδίκκας, ''Perdikkas''; 355 BC – 321/320 BC) was a general of Alexander the Great. He took part in the Macedonian campaign against the Achaemenid Empire, and, following Alexander's death in 323 BC, rose to becom ...
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Cleitus the White Cleitus (Clitus) the White ( grc-gre, Κλεῖτος ὁ λευκός; died c. 317 BC) was an officer of Alexander the Great surnamed "White" to distinguish him from Cleitus the Black. He is noted by Athenaeus and Aelian for his pomp and luxury, a ...
) leaders of
Hetairoi (1800 horses)
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Cleitus the Black
Cleitus the Black ( grc-gre, Κλεῖτος ὁ μέλας; c. 375 BC – 328 BC), was an officer of the Macedonian army led by Alexander the Great. He saved Alexander's life at the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC and was killed by him in a drunk ...
, Royal cavalry
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Sopolis, cavalry of
Amphipolis
Amphipolis ( ell, Αμφίπολη, translit=Amfipoli; grc, Ἀμφίπολις, translit=Amphipolis) is a municipality in the Serres regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is Rodolivos. It was an important ancient G ...
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Heraclides (son of Antiochus), cavalry of
Bottiaea
Bottiaea (Greek: ''Bottiaia'') was a geographical region of ancient Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedoni ...
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Peroidas cavalry of
Anthemus
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Socrates cavalry of
Apollonia
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Pantordanus cavalry of
Leugaea
*Hegelochus, (later
Amyntas (son of Arrhabaeus),
Protomachus,
Aretes),
Prodromoi, light cavalry (600 horses)
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Calas,
Alexander of Lyncestis
Alexander ( el, Αλέξανδρος) (d. 330 BC), son of Aeropus of Lyncestis, was a native of the upper Macedonian district called Lyncestis, whence he is usually called Alexander of Lynkestis or Alexander Lyncestes. Justin makes the singular ...
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Philip,
Polydamas,
Parmenion
Parmenion (also Parmenio; grc-gre, Παρμενίων; c. 400 – 330 BC), son of Philotas, was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. A nobleman, Parmenion rose to become Philip's chief milita ...
–Thessalian cavalry (1800 horses)
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Philip (son of Menelaus) Philip ( grc, Φίλιππος), son of Menelaus was a Macedonian general of Alexander from the beginning of the Asiatic expedition. In the battle of Granicus (334 BC) he commanded the allied cavalry from Peloponnesus. In the battle of Gaugamela
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(after 331 BC,
Erigyius), other allied Greeks (600 horses)
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Agathon (son of Tyrimmas) Agathon ( el, Ἀγάθων) son of Tyrimmas was the Macedonian commander of Thracian cavalry during Alexander's campaign. He played a role in the elimination of Parmenion
Parmenion (also Parmenio; grc-gre, Παρμενίων; c. 400 &ndash ...
, (later
Ariston of Paionia
Ariston ( grc-gre, Ἀρίστων) was a member of the Paionian royal house, possibly brother of King Patraus and father of the later king, Audoleon. His service with Alexander the Great, like that of the Thracian Sitalces II and others, help ...
) Thracian cavalry (900 horses) *Total: 5700 horses in 333 BC
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Demetrius (son of Althaemenes),
Glaucias,
Meleager, mentioned in the
Battle of Gaugamela
Infantry
Taxiarch
Taxiarch, the anglicised form of ''taxiarchos'' or ''taxiarchēs'' ( el, ταξίαρχος or ταξιάρχης) is used in the Greek language to mean "brigadier". The term derives from ''táxis'', "order", in military context "an ordered forma ...
s of
Pezhetairoi
The pezhetairoi (Greek: , singular: ''pezhetairos)'' were the backbone of the Macedonian army and Diadochi kingdoms. They were literally "foot companions" (in Greek, ''pezos'' means "pedestrian" and ''hetairos'' means "companion" or "friend").
T ...
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Nicanor (son of Parmenion) 334 BC leader of Royal
Agema and
Hypaspists
A hypaspist ( el, Ὑπασπιστής "shield bearer" or "shield covered") is a squire, man at arms, or "shield carrier". In Homer, Deiphobos advances "" () or under cover of his shield. By the time of Herodotus (426 BC), the word had com ...
(succeeded by
Neoptolemus (general))
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Alcetas
Alcetas (Greek Ἀλκέτας; died 320 BC), was the brother of Perdiccas and the son of Orontes from Orestis. He is first mentioned as one of Alexander the Great's generals in his Indian expedition.
On the death of Alexander, Alcetas was a st ...
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Amyntas 334 BC
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Antigenes
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Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Antigonus I Monophthalmus ( grc-gre, Ἀντίγονος Μονόφθαλμος , 'the One-Eyed'; 382 – 301 BC), son of Philip from Elimeia, was a Macedonian Greek nobleman, general, satrap, and king. During the first half of his life he serve ...
334 BC
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Attalus (general)
Attalus (Greek: Ἄτταλος; c. 390 BC – 336 BC), a Macedonian from Lower Macedonia, was an important courtier and soldier of Philip II of Macedonia.
Family connections to Philip II of Macedon
Attalus was born in Lowe ...
334 BC
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Attalus (son of Andromenes from Stympha)
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Clitus the White
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Coenus 334 BC
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Craterus 334 BC
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Gorgias
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Meleager (general) 334 BC
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Menander (general) Menander ( grc-gre, Μένανδρος; fl. 4th century BC) was an officer in the service of Alexander the Great. He was one of those called '' etairoi'', but he held the command of a body of mercenaries. He was appointed by Alexander to the governm ...
334 BC
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Peithon, son of Agenor
Peithon ( grc, Πείθων) (died 312 BC), son of Agenor (Αγήνωρ) was an officer in the expedition of Alexander the Great to India, who became satrap of the Indus from 325 to 316 BC, and then satrap of Babylon, from 316 to 312 BC, until he d ...
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Perdiccas
Perdiccas ( el, Περδίκκας, ''Perdikkas''; 355 BC – 321/320 BC) was a general of Alexander the Great. He took part in the Macedonian campaign against the Achaemenid Empire, and, following Alexander's death in 323 BC, rose to becom ...
334 BC
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Philip (son of Amyntas)
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...
334 BC
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Philotas (satrap) Philotas ( el, Φιλώτας; lived 4th century BC) was a Macedonian officer in the service of Alexander the Great, who commanded one taxis or division of the phalanx during the advance into Sogdiana and India. It seems probable that he is the sam ...
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Polyperchon Polyperchon (sometimes written Polysperchon; el, Πολυπέρχων; b. between 390–380 BCafter 382 BC according to Billows, R., 'Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State' (1990), p. 172, n. 20 – d. after 304 BC,Heckel ...
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Ptolemy (son of Seleucus) Ptolemy ( el, ); died 333 BC) son of Seleucus from Orestis or Tymphaia,''Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great'Page 234 By Waldemar Heckel was one of the select officers called Somatophylaces, or guards of the king's person; he combined wit ...
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Ptolemy I Soter 334 BC
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Simmias
Navy
Navarch
Navarch ( el, wikt:ναύαρχος, ναύαρχος, ) is an Anglicisation of a Greek word meaning "leader of the ships", which in some states became the title of an office equivalent to that of a modern admiral.
Historical usage
Not all st ...
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Proteas
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Hegelochus
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Amphoterus
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Nearchus
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Trierarch
Trierarch ( gr, τριήραρχος, triērarchos) was the title of officers who commanded a trireme (''triēres'') in the classical Greek world.
In Classical Athens, the title was associated with the trierarchy (τριηραρχία, ''triēra ...
s of
Nearchus=
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Archon of Pella
Archon ( Ancient Greek: ; died 321 BC) was a Pellaean, appointed satrap of Babylonia after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. He is probably the same as the son of Cleinias mentioned in the Indian expedition of Alexander. He perished in 3 ...
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Archias of Pella
Archias, son of Anaxidotus from Pella (Greek: ), was a Macedonian officer and geographer who served as Trierarch under Admiral Nearchus. Archias was despatched with a galley of 30 oars, and reached the island of Failaka (Kuwait) and Tylos (Bahr ...
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Aristonous of Pella
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Aristonous of Pella ( grc, Ἀριστόνους), son of Peisaeus (Πεισαῖος), who was one of the somatophylakes ''bodyguards'' of Alexander the Great, distinguished himself greatly on one occasion in India. On the death of Alexander, ...
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Asclepiodorus
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Craterus
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Demonicus of Pella Demonicus of Pella ( grc, Δημόνικος), son of Athenaeus, was presumably one of Alexander's hetairoi and served in 326 BC as a trierarch of the Hydaspes fleet of Nearchus
Nearchus or Nearchos ( el, Νέαρχος; – 300 BC) was one of ...
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Hephaestion
Hephaestion ( grc, Ἡφαιστίων ''Hephaistíon''; c. 356 BC – October 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman and a general in the army of Alexander the Great. He was "by far the dearest of all the ...
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Leonnatus
Leonnatus ( el, Λεοννάτος; 356 BC – 322 BC) was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the ''diadochi.''
He was a member of the royal house of Lyncestis, a small Greek kingdom that had been included in Macedonia by Kin ...
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Lysimachus
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Metron
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Mylleas
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Nicarchides
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Ophellas
Ophellas or Ophelas (fl. c. 350 – 308 BC) was an Ancient Macedonian soldier and politician. Born in Pella in Macedonia, he was a member of the expeditionary army of Alexander the Great in Asia, and later acted as Ptolemaic governor of Cyre ...
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Pantauchus Pantauchus ( el, Πάνταυχος) (late 4th century BC - 3rd century BC), (son of Nicolaus, from Aloros) was a Macedonian trierarch of Nearchus's fleet and general during the short reign of Demetrius Poliorcetes (294 - 288 BC).
He was considere ...
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Peithon
Peithon or Pithon ( Greek: ''Πείθων'' or ''Πίθων'', 355 – 314 BC) was the son of Crateuas, a nobleman from Eordaia in western Macedonia. He was famous for being one of the bodyguards of Alexander the Great, becoming the lat ...
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Perdiccas
Perdiccas ( el, Περδίκκας, ''Perdikkas''; 355 BC – 321/320 BC) was a general of Alexander the Great. He took part in the Macedonian campaign against the Achaemenid Empire, and, following Alexander's death in 323 BC, rose to becom ...
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Peucestas
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Ptolemy I Soter
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Timanthes of Pella
Various
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Agathon
Agathon (; grc, Ἀγάθων; ) was an Athenian tragic poet whose works have been lost. He is best known for his appearance in Plato's ''Symposium,'' which describes the banquet given to celebrate his obtaining a prize for his first tragedy a ...
brother of Parmenion
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Arrhidaeus
Arrhidaeus or Arrhidaios ( el, Ἀρριδαῖoς lived 4th century BC), one of Alexander the Great's generals, was entrusted by Ptolemy to bring Alexander's body to Egypt in 323 BC, contrary to the wishes of Perdiccas who wanted the body sent t ...
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Asander
Asander or Asandros ( el, Άσανδρoς; lived 4th century BC) was the brother of Parmenion and Agathon, and uncle of Philotas. He was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, and satrap of Lydia from 334 BC as well as satrap of Caria ...
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Caranus hetairos
The Companions ( el, , ''hetairoi'') were the elite cavalry of the Macedonian army from the time of king Philip II of Macedon, achieving their greatest prestige under Alexander the Great, and regarded as the first or among the first shock cava ...
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Coragus
Coragus (Κόραγος) of the Macedonian army was a celebrated warrior and companion of Alexander the Great. He is best known for his defeat at the hands of the Athenian Dioxippus, practitioner of pankration.
During a banquet thrown by the M ...
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Derdas
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Eudemus (general)
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Harpalus
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Iollas Iollas (in Greek Ioλλας or Ioλας; lived 4th century BC) was the son of Antipater and the brother of Cassander, king of Macedon. He was one of the royal youths who, according to the Macedonian custom, held offices about the king's person and ...
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Lagus
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Menedemus (general)
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Menelaus (son of Lagus) Menelaus (; grc-gre, Μενέλαος, ''Menelaos''), son of Lagus and brother of Ptolemy I Soter (ruler of Egypt), served as priest of the eponymous state cult of Alexander, and was for a time king in Cyprus, under his brother.
His name does n ...
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Nicanor (Antipatrid general) Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ ''Nīkā́nōr''; executed 317 BC) was a Macedonian officer who served the Diadochus Cassander and the son in law of Aristotle. He campaigned on Cassander's behalf in Attica and Hellespont during the early Wars of the ...
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Nicanor (father of Balacrus)
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Nicanor (Ptolemaic general)
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Nicanor the Elephant
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Philip (son of Antigonus)
Philip ( grc, Φίλιππος; died 306 BC), son of Antigonus, king of Asia, was sent by his father in 310 BC, at the head of an army, to oppose the revolt of his general Phoenix, and to recover possession of the towns on the Hellespont held by t ...
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Philip (son of Antipater) Philip (in Greek Φιλιππoς; lived 4th century BC) was son of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia, and brother of Cassander, by whom he was sent in 313 BC, with an army to invade Aetolia. But on his arrival in Acarnania the news that Aeacides, ...
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Philip (son of Machatas)
Philip ( el, Φίλιππoς; died 325 BC), son of Machatas and brother of Harpalus, was an officer in the service of Alexander the Great, who in 327 BC was appointed by Alexander as satrap of India, including the provinces westward of the Hyd ...
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Philoxenus (general)
Philoxenus (in Greek Φιλόξενος) was a Macedonian officer appointed to superintend the collection of the tribute in the provinces north of the Taurus Mountains after Alexander the Great's return from Egypt in 331 BC. However, he did not i ...
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Polemon (general) Polemon ( grc, Πολέμων; lived 4th century BC), son of Andromenes the Stymphaean, was a Macedonian officer in the service of Alexander the Great (336–323 BC). The great intimacy between him and Philotas caused him to be suspected in 33 ...
son of Andromenes
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Ptolemy (general)
Ptolemaeus ( grc, Πτολεμαῖος, Ptolemaios) or Ptolemy (died 309 BC) was a nephew and general of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, one of the Successors of Alexander the Great. His father was also called Ptolemy and was a brother of Antigonus. P ...
nephew of Antigonus
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Sirras, of possible
Lyncestian or
Upper Macedonia
Upper Macedonia ( Greek: Ἄνω Μακεδονία, ''Ánō Makedonía'') is a geographical and tribal term to describe the upper/western of the two parts in which, together with Lower Macedonia, the ancient kingdom of Macedon was roughly divide ...
n origin, father of
Eurydice of Macedon
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Teutamus
:'' Teutamus'' is also a spider genus (Liocranidae)
Teutamus ( grc, Tεύταμoς; lived 4th century BC) was a Macedonian officer, who, in 319 BC, shared with Antigenes the command of the select troops called the Argyraspids.
Etymology
The na ...
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Tlepolemus (son of Pythophanes)
Civilization
Athletes
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Alexander I of Macedon
Alexander I of Macedon ( el, Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μακεδών), known with the title Philhellene (Greek: φιλέλλην, literally "fond/lover of the Greeks", and in this context "Greek patriot"), was the ruler of the ancient Kingdom of ...
504 or 500 BC
Stadion 2nd
Olympics
*c. 430–420 BC
Argive
Argos (; el, Άργος ; grc, label=Ancient and Katharevousa, Ἄργος ) is a city in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and the oldest in Europe. It is the largest city in A ...
Heraean games
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Archelaos Perdikas 408 BC
Tethrippon in Olympic and
Pythian Games
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Philip II of Macedon (Thrice Olympic Winner), 356 BC Horse Race, 352 BC Tethrippon, 348 BC two-colt chariot,
Synoris
Chariot racing ( grc-gre, ἁρματοδρομία, harmatodromia, la, ludi circenses) was one of the most popular ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine sports. In Greece, chariot racing played an essential role in aristocratic funeral games f ...
*344 BC Tethrippon
Panathenaics
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Archon of Pella
Archon ( Ancient Greek: ; died 321 BC) was a Pellaean, appointed satrap of Babylonia after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. He is probably the same as the son of Cleinias mentioned in the Indian expedition of Alexander. He perished in 3 ...
334–332 BC Horse race
Isthmian and Pythian Games
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Antigonus (son of Callas) 332–331 BC
Hoplitodromos
The hoplitodromos or hoplitodromia (Greek: , English translation: "race of the Hoplites") was an ancient foot race, part of the Olympic Games and the other Panhellenic Games. It was the last foot race to be added to the Olympics, first appearing ...
Heraclean games in Tyrus, after the
Conquest of the city
*Malacus 329/328 BC
Dolichos Amphiarian games
*Criton or Cliton
Chronicon (Eusebius)
The ''Chronicon'' or ''Chronicle'' (Greek: Παντοδαπὴ ἱστορία ''Pantodape historia'', "Universal history") was a work in two books by Eusebius of Caesarea. It seems to have been compiled in the early 4th century. It contained ...
328 BC Stadion Olympics
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Damasias of Amphipolis 320 BC Stadion Olympics
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Lagus (son of Ptolemeus) 308 BC Synoris Arcadian
Lykaia
*Epaenetus (son of Silanus) 308 BC Tethrippon Lykaia
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Heraclitus 304 BC stadion Lykaia
*Bubalus of Cassandreia 304 BC keles (horse) flat race Lykaia
*Lampos of Philippi 304 BC Tethrippon Olympics
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Antigonus 292 and 288 BC Stadion Olympics
*Seleucus 268 BC Stadion Olympics
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Belistiche 264 BC Tethrippon and Synoris Olympics
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Apollodorus (runner) Apollodorus ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος; fl. 1st century AD) was an ancient Macedonian runner who, after winning in the Olympics, was killed by lightning on his way back home. He is commemorated by Antipater of Thessalonica in the below epigram ( ...
(1st century BC) Olympics
Horse race Olympic Victors as recorded
in recent discovered epigrams of
Posidippus Poseidippus or Posidippus ( grc, Ποσείδιππος, Poseidippos or grc, Ποσίδιππος, Posidippos, horse of Poseidon) is a Greek theophoric name. It may refer to a number of individuals from classical antiquity, including:
* Poseidipp ...
of Pella (c. 3rd century BC)
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Ptolemy I Soter
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus
; egy, Userkanaenre Meryamun Clayton (2006) p. 208
, predecessor = Ptolemy I
, successor = Ptolemy III
, horus = ''ḥwnw-ḳni'Khunuqeni''The brave youth
, nebty = ''wr-pḥtj'Urpekhti''Great of strength
, golde ...
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Arsinoe I
Arsinoe I ( el, Αρσινόη Α’, 305 BC – after c. 248 BC), Footnote 10 was queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy II Philadelphus.
Life
Arsinoe was the second daughter and youngest child born to King Lysimachus and Nicaea of Macedon. He ...
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Arsinoe II
Arsinoë II ( grc-koi, Ἀρσινόη, 316 BC – unknown date between July 270 and 260 BC) was a Ptolemaic queen and co-regent of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of ancient Egypt. She was given the Egyptian title "King of Upper and Lower Egypt", making ...
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Berenice Phernophorus
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Berenice II
Berenice II Euergetis (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC; , '' Berenikē Euergetis'', "Berenice the Benefactress") was queen regnant of Cyrenaica from 258 BC to 246 BC and co-regent queen of Ptolemaic Egypt from 246 BC to 222 BC as the wife of Ptolemy III. ...
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Cleopatra II
Cleopatra II (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα; c. 185 BC – 116/115 BC) was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt who ruled from 175 to 115 BC with two successive brother-husbands and her daughter—often in rivalry with her brother Ptolemy VIII.
She co- ...
*Etearchus
*Molycus
*Plangon woman
*Trygaios
Writers
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Adaios (c. 450 BC) epigrammatic poet
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Antipater
Antipater (; grc, , translit=Antipatros, lit=like the father; c. 400 BC319 BC) was a Macedonian general and statesman under the subsequent kingships of Philip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great. In the wake of the collaps ...
(c. 397 BC–319 BC) ''Illyrian Wars''
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Ptolemy I Soter (367 BC–283 BC) patron of letters, historian of ''Alexander's campaign''
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Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...
(356–323 BC) epistolist, rhetor
quotes
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C ...
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Alexarchus, scholar,
conlanger
A conlanger is a person who invents constructed languages (aka conlangs).
Professional conlangers
Individuals who have been hired to create languages.
* Victoria Fromkin - Paku (a.k.a. Pakuni)
* Paul Frommer - Na'vi, Barsoomian
* Madhan Karky ...
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Leon of Pella (4th-century BC) historian ''On the Gods in Egypt''
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Marsyas of Pella Marsyas of Pella ( grc, Μαρσύας Περιάνδρου Πελλαῖος; c. 356 BC – c. 294 BC), son of Periander, was a Greek historian. According to the Suda Encyclopedia, he was a brother of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, who was afterwards ...
(356–294) historian
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Marsyas of Philippi
Marsyas of Philippi ( Ancient Greek: Μαρσύας, Κριτοφήμου, Φιλιππεύς; 3rd century BC) was a Macedonian Greek historian and the son of Critophemus. He was often called Marsyas the Younger ( grc-gre, Μαρσύας ὁ Ν ...
(3rd century BC) historian
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Hippolochus (early 3rd century BC) description of a Macedonian wedding feast
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Poseidippus of Cassandreia
Posidippus of Cassandreia (Greek: Ποσείδιππος ὁ Κασσανδρεύς, ''Poseidippos ho Kassandreus''; 316 – c. 250 BC) was a Greek comic poet of the New Comedy.
Life
He was the son of Cyniscus, a Macedonian who lived in Athens ...
(c. 288 BC) comic poet
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Poseidippus of Pella (c. 280 BC–240 BC) epigrammatic poet
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Amerias
Amerias (Greek: Ἀμερίας, 3rd century BC) was an ancient Macedonian lexicographer, known for his compilation of a glossary titled '' Glossai'' (', terms or words). Αnother of his works was called ''Rhizotomikos'' ('), an etymological treat ...
(3rd century BC) lexicographer
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Craterus (historian) Craterus (Greek: Κρατερός; 321 – c. 263 BC) was a Macedonian historian. Although the identification is not confirmed by any source, he was probably the son of Alexander the Great's general Craterus and his wife Phila. By his mother's thi ...
(3rd century BC) anthologist, compiler of historical documents relative to the history of Attica
*Oikiades (son of Nikandros) from
Cassandreia
Cassandreia, Cassandrea, or Kassandreia ( grc, Κασσάνδρεια, ''Kassándreia'') was once one of the most important cities in Ancient Macedonia, founded by and named after Cassander in 316 BC. It was located on the site of the earlier A ...
Tragoedus winner in
Soteria (festival) The Soteria () were ancient festivals held in many Greek cities from the 3rd century BC. They honoured the saviour (Soter) of a danger and could be dedicated to all the gods or only one (mainly Zeus ''Soterios''). Heroic men regarded as deliverers w ...
272 BC
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Ptolemy IV Philopator, wrote a tragedy entitled ''Adonis'', and presumably played the lead.
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Hermagoras of Amphipolis (c. 225 BC), stoic philosopher
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Samus (son of Chrysogonus), (late 3rd century B
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Craterus of Amphipolis (c. 100–30 BC)
Rhapsode winner in
Amphiarian games
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Phaedrus of Pieria (c. 15 BC–c. 50 AD) fabulist
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Antipater of Thessalonica
Antipater of Thessalonica ( grc-gre, Ἀντίπατρος ὁ Θεσσαλονικεύς; c. 10 BC - c. AD 38) was a Greek epigrammatist of the Roman period.
Biography
Antipater lived during the latter part of the reign of Augustus, and perha ...
(late 1st century BC) epigrammatic poet and governor of the city
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Philippus of Thessalonica
Philippus may refer to:
* Philippus (cognomen), a name accustomed with the Roman gens ''Marcia''
* Philippus (character), a fictional character in DC Comics
People
* Flavius Philippus, a Roman Empire official under Emperor Constantius II c. ...
(late 1st century AD) epigrammatic poet and compiler of the
Greek Anthology
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Epigonus of Thessalonica
*Perses epigrammatist
*Archias, epigrammatist
*
Antiphanes (late 1st century AD), epigrammatist
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Parmenion
Parmenion (also Parmenio; grc-gre, Παρμενίων; c. 400 – 330 BC), son of Philotas, was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. A nobleman, Parmenion rose to become Philip's chief milita ...
(late 1st century AD), epigrammatist
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Polyaenus
Polyaenus or Polyenus ( ; see ae (æ) vs. e; grc-gre, Πoλύαινoς, Polyainos, "much-praised") was a 2nd-century CE Greek author, known best for his ''Stratagems in War'' ( grc-gre, Στρατηγήματα, Strategemata), which has been pr ...
, (2nd century AD) military writer
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Criton of Pieria Criton of Pieria (Greek: Κρίτων Πιεριώτης, Πιερ(ι)εύς; Latin ''Crito Pieriota'', ''Pieriotes'', ''Pierius'', ''Pierensis'') was a 2nd-century Greek historian.Suda κ 2453
Titles of works
*''Παλληνικά'', ''Pallenica ...
(2nd century AD) historian
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Stobaeus (5th century AD) anthologist of Greek authors
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Macedonius of Thessalonica Macedonius of Thessalonica or Macedonius Consul ( el, Μακηδόνιος or Μακεδόνιος Ύπατος, ο Θεσσαλονικεύς, c.500-560 AD) a Byzantine ''hypatos'' during the reign of Justinian, is the author of 42 epigrams in the ...
(the Consul), (6th century AD), epigrammatist of
Greek Anthology
Scientists
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Poseidonius
Posidonius (; grc-gre, Ποσειδώνιος , "of Poseidon") "of Apameia" (ὁ Ἀπαμεύς) or "of Rhodes" (ὁ Ῥόδιος) (), was a Greek politician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, historian, mathematician, and teacher na ...
, mechanician
*Pyrrhus mechanician
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Demetrius I Poliorcetes
Demetrius I (; grc, Δημήτριος; 337–283 BC), also called Poliorcetes (; el, Πολιορκητής, "The Besieger"), was a Macedonian nobleman, military leader, and king of Macedon (294–288 BC). He belonged to the Antigonid dynast ...
, mechanician
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Archias of Pella
Archias, son of Anaxidotus from Pella (Greek: ), was a Macedonian officer and geographer who served as Trierarch under Admiral Nearchus. Archias was despatched with a galley of 30 oars, and reached the island of Failaka (Kuwait) and Tylos (Bahr ...
, geographer under
Nearchus
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Parmenion (architect)
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Patrocles (geographer)
Patrocles (Greek: ) (active 312 – 270 BCE) was a Greek and specifically a Macedonian general and writer on geographical subjects.
He served Seleucus and Antiochus for several decades. After exploring the Caspian Sea, Patrocles conclude ...
Artists
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Pamphilus (painter)
Pamphilus of Amphipolis ( Ancient Greek: , fourth century BC) was a Macedonian painter and head of Sicyonian school. Under his influence painting became a regular part of Greek classical education, and a number of his pupils went on to become w ...
, teacher of
Apelles
Apelles of Kos (; grc-gre, Ἀπελλῆς; fl. 4th century BC) was a renowned painter of ancient Greece. Pliny the Elder, to whom much of modern scholars' knowledge of this artist is owed (''Naturalis Historia'' 35.36.79–97 and ''passim'') ...
(4th century BC)
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Parmeniskos group potters (3rd century BC)
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Aetion of Amphipolis, sculptor
*Erginus (son of Simylus) from Cassandreia
citharede
A kitharode ( Latinized citharode)
:
( translit. Greek)
* citharode (Anglicised translit. Latin)
* kitharode (Anglicised translit. Greek)
:
* citharede (rare)
* citharoede (rare)
:
* citharist (English translation Latin)
* kitharist (English t ...
winner in
Soteria (festival) The Soteria () were ancient festivals held in many Greek cities from the 3rd century BC. They honoured the saviour (Soter) of a danger and could be dedicated to all the gods or only one (mainly Zeus ''Soterios''). Heroic men regarded as deliverers w ...
c. 260 BC
*_ (son of Callistratus) from
Philippi Dancer winner in
Soteria (festival) The Soteria () were ancient festivals held in many Greek cities from the 3rd century BC. They honoured the saviour (Soter) of a danger and could be dedicated to all the gods or only one (mainly Zeus ''Soterios''). Heroic men regarded as deliverers w ...
c. 250 BC
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Heraclides (painter) (2nd century BC) marine painter
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Herophon (son of Anaxagoras) (2nd–1st centuries BC) sculptor
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Evander of Beroea
Evander (Greek: ) son of Evander from Beroea
Beroea (or Berea) was an ancient city of the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire now known as Veria (or Veroia) in Macedonia, Northern Greece. It is a small city on the eastern side of the Vermio Moun ...
(1st century AD) sculptor
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Adymus of Beroea (1st century AD) sculptor
Priests
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Menelaus (son of Lagus) Menelaus (; grc-gre, Μενέλαος, ''Menelaos''), son of Lagus and brother of Ptolemy I Soter (ruler of Egypt), served as priest of the eponymous state cult of Alexander, and was for a time king in Cyprus, under his brother.
His name does n ...
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Agathanor * Agathanor (Greek:Αγαθάνωρ) (late 4th century BC) son of Agathon was the Macedonian archpriest of Asclepius, mentioned in the decree of Kalindoia.
* Agathanor son of Thrasycles (c. 250-200 BC) from Beroea, was also a Macedonian priest of ...
Theorodokoi The ''theorodokoi'' (Greek: , ) in ancient Greece were sacred envoy-receivers whose duty was to host and assist the ''theoroi'' (θεωροί, "viewers") before the Panhellenic games and festivals...
A ''theorodokos'' was sometimes appointed by th ...
*Perdiccas, possibly
Perdiccas III of Macedon
Perdiccas III (Greek: Περδίκκας Γ΄) was king of the Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 365 BC to 360 BC, succeeding his brother Alexander II.
Son of Amyntas III and Eurydice, he was a child when in 369 BCE his brother Alexander II was ...
c. 365–311 BC
Epidaurian
*Pausanias of
Kalindoia, possibly the same as
Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to:
* Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium''
*Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC
* Pausanias of Sicily, physician of ...
the pretender to the Macedonian throne in the 360s BC
*Hadymos and Seleukos son of Argaios
Naopoioi
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Naopoios (Temple-builder), an elected
Archon
''Archon'' ( gr, ἄρχων, árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, ''árchontes'') is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem αρχ-, mean ...
by
Hieromnemones, responsible for restoring the temple of Apollo in
Delphi''
*Philippus
*Timanoridas (son of Cordypion) c. 361–343 BC
*Leon (son of Hegesander) 331 BC
[Phokis — Delphi — stoichedon �]
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Women
* Arsinoe of Macedonia mother of Ptolemy I Soter
* Belistiche olympionice
*Cleopatra of Macedon
Cleopatra of Macedonia (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα της Μακεδονίας; c. 355/354 BC – 308 BC), or Cleopatra of Epirus (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα της Ηπείρου) was an ancient Macedonian princess and later queen regent of Epiru ...
sister of Alexander, wife of Alexander I of Epirus
Alexander I of Epirus ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος Α'; c. 371 BC – 331 BC), also known as Alexander Molossus (), was a king of Epirus (343/2–331 BC) of the Aeacid dynasty.Ellis, J. R., ''Philip II and Macedonian Imperialism ...
*Cleopatra Eurydice
Eurydice (Greek: Εὐρυδίκη), born Cleopatra (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα) was a mid-4th century BC Macedonian noblewoman, niece of Attalus, and last of the seven wives of Philip II of Macedon, but the first Macedonian one.
Biography
Cleo ...
, niece of Attalus (general)
Attalus (Greek: Ἄτταλος; c. 390 BC – 336 BC), a Macedonian from Lower Macedonia, was an important courtier and soldier of Philip II of Macedonia.
Family connections to Philip II of Macedon
Attalus was born in Lowe ...
, and 5th wife of Philip
*Cynane
Cynane ( el, Kυνάνη, ''Kynane'' or , ''Kyna''; killed 323 BC) was half-sister to Alexander the Great, and daughter of Philip II by Audata, an Illyrian princess. She is estimated to have been born in 357 BC.
Biography
According to Polyaenus ...
half-sister of Alexander
*Eurydice of Egypt
Eurydice ( grc, Εὐρυδίκη) third known wife to Ptolemy I Soter and as such a queen of Egypt
Life
Eurydice (ca. 330-post 279 BCE) is thought to be the youngest of Antipater's known daughters. Her wedding date and repudiation date are a ...
daughter of Antipater and wife of Ptolemy I Soter
*Eurydice II of Macedon Eurydice (Greek: Εὐρυδίκη ''Eurydike''; died 317 BC) was the Queen of Macedon, wife of Philip III, daughter of Amyntas IV, son of Perdiccas III, and Cynane, daughter of Philip II and his first wife Audata.
Biography Early life
Euryd ...
mother of Philip
* Euridice III Adea, wife of Philip Arrhidaeus
Philip III Arrhidaeus ( grc-gre, Φίλιππος Ἀρριδαῖος ; c. 359 BC – 25 December 317 BC) reigned as king of Macedonia an Ancient Greek Kingdom in northern Greece from after 11 June 323 BC until his death. He was a son of King ...
* Lanike sister of Clitus the Black and the nurse of Alexander
*Nicaea of Macedonia Nicaea ( el, Nίκαια, – ) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and was a daughter of the powerful regent Antipater. Her mother's name is unknown. She was born and raised in Macedonia while her father was governor of Macedonia during the reign ...
daughter of Antipater, wife of Lysimachus
*Nicesipolis Nicesipolis or Nicasipolis of Pherae ( el, Νικησίπολις ''Nikesipolis''), was a Thessalian woman, native of the city Pherae, wife or concubine of king Philip II of Macedon and mother of Thessalonica of Macedon.
There is not much survivin ...
wife of Philip, mother of Thessalonica
* Olympias mother of Alexander
*Phila
Phila may refer to a shortened name for the City of Philadelphia, U.S.
It may also refer to:
* Phila of Elimeia, sister of Derdas and wife of Philip II of Macedon
*Phila (daughter of Antipater), wife of Balacrus, Craterus and Demetrius Poliorcete ...
, daughter of Antipater
Antipater (; grc, , translit=Antipatros, lit=like the father; c. 400 BC319 BC) was a Macedonian general and statesman under the subsequent kingships of Philip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great. In the wake of the collaps ...
, wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes
Demetrius I (; grc, Δημήτριος; 337–283 BC), also called Poliorcetes (; el, Πολιορκητής, "The Besieger"), was a Macedonian nobleman, military leader, and king of Macedon (294–288 BC). He belonged to the Antigonid dynast ...
and mother of Antigonus II Gonatas
Antigonus II Gonatas ( grc-gre, Ἀντίγονος Γονατᾶς, ; – 239 BC) was a Macedonian ruler who solidified the position of the Antigonid dynasty in Macedon after a long period defined by anarchy and chaos and acquired fame for ...
*Philinna
Philinna (Greek: ) or Philine (Greek: {{lang, grc, Φιλίνη) was the name of many Greek females, as, for instance, of the female dancer Philinna of Larissa in Thessaly, who was the mother of Philip III Arrhidaeus by Philip II. A first century ...
of Larissa, wife of Philip, mother of Philip III of Macedon
* Stratonice of Macedonia wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes
Demetrius I (; grc, Δημήτριος; 337–283 BC), also called Poliorcetes (; el, Πολιορκητής, "The Besieger"), was a Macedonian nobleman, military leader, and king of Macedon (294–288 BC). He belonged to the Antigonid dynast ...
* Thessalonica half-sister of Alexander, wife of Cassander
*Olympias II of Epirus
Olympias (in Greek Ὀλυμπιάς, ; lived 3rd century BC) was a queen and regent of Epirus.
She was daughter of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus and his first wife Antigone. She was the wife of her own paternal half-brother Alexander II.
After hi ...
, wife of Alexander II of Epirus
Alexander II (Greek: Άλέξανδρος) was a king of Epirus, and the son of Pyrrhus and Lanassa, the daughter of the Sicilian tyrant Agathocles.
Reign
He succeeded his father as king in 272 BC, and continued the war which his father had be ...
See also
*List of ancient Macedonians in epigraphy
Ancient Macedonians are attested in epigraphy from the 5th century BC throughout classical antiquity. For those recorded in classical literary sources, see list of ancient Macedonians.
Atheno-Macedonian decrees
Attica (c. 436 bc)
''The names o ...
References
{{Ancient Greece topics
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Macedonians
Ancient
Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history cove ...