Metron () was the son of Epicharmus from

Pydna Pydna (; Greek: Πύδνα, ''Pýdna'') is a small town and a former municipality in the northeastern part of Pieria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pydna-Kolindros, of which it is a ...

. He was a ''

hetairos The Companions (, , ''hetairoi'') were the elite heavy cavalry of the Ancient Macedonian army, 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 ...

'' and

trierarch Trierarch () 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, ''triērarchia''), one of the public offices or ...

of the

Hydaspes The Jhelum River is a major river in South Asia, flowing through India and Pakistan, and is the westernmost of the five major rivers of the Punjab region. It originates at Verinag and flows through the Indian-administered territory of Jammu an ...

fleet of

Nearchus Nearchus or Nearchos (; – 300 BC) was one of the Greeks, Greek officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. He is known for his celebrated expeditionary voyage starting from the Indus River, through the Persian Gulf and ending at t ...

. He may be identical with Metron, one of the royal pages ('' paides basilikoi'').

References

*Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire by Waldemar Heckel Hetairoi Royal pages of Alexander the Great Trierarchs of Nearchus' fleet Ancient Pydnaeans 4th-century BC Greek people {{AncientGreece-bio-stub