Sopolis (), son of

Hermodorus Hermodorus (), an Ephesian who lived in the 4th century BC, was an original member of Platonic Academy, Plato's Academy and was present at the death of Socrates. He is said to have circulated the works of Plato (combined Socratic tenets with the Ele ...

, was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi from

Amphipolis Amphipolis (; ) was an important ancient Greek polis (city), and later a Roman city, whose large remains can still be seen. It gave its name to the modern municipality of Amphipoli, in the Serres regional unit of northern Greece. Amphipol ...

, since at least the

Triballian campaign The Triballi (, ) were an ancient people who lived in northern Bulgaria in the region of Roman Oescus up to southeastern Serbia, possibly near the territory of the Morava Valley in the late Iron Age. The Triballi lived between Thracians to the ...

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

335 BC. That he belonged to the Macedonian aristocracy is indicated not only by his important cavalry command but also by the fact that his son,

Hermolaus Hermolaus of Macedon () was a page to Alexander the Great in 327 BC, who was executed for planning regicide. Early life The son of hipparch Sopolis of Macedon, Hermolaus was one of the Macedonian youths drawn from sons of the aristocracy who, a ...

, served as one of Alexander's Pages in 327 BC.

References

*Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel {{DEFAULTSORT:Sopolis of Macedon Ancient Amphipolitans Generals of Alexander the Great Ancient Macedonian generals 4th-century BC Macedonians

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