List of ancient Macedonians
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This is a list of the ancient Macedonians
of Greece . For other uses, including a list of people from modern-day Republic of Macedonia see List of Macedonians
Argead Dynasty
Antipatrid Dynasty
Antigonid Dynasty
Somatophylakes
Hipparchoi
Taxiarchs of Pezhetairoi
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Ancient Macedonians
The Macedonians originated from inhabitants of the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, in the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axios...
of Greece . For other uses, including a list of people from modern-day Republic of Macedonia see List of Macedonians
Argead DynastyArgead dynastyThe Argead dynasty was an ancient Greek royal house. They were the ruling dynasty of Macedonia from about 700 to 310 BC. Their tradition, as described in ancient Greek historiography, traced their origins to Argos, in southern Greece...
- KaranusKaranus of MacedonCaranus or Karanus was the first king of ancient Macedon according to later traditions. According to Herodotus the first king was Perdicas. King Karanus is first reported by Theopompus. - Myth :...
808–778 BC - Koinos
- TyrimmasTyrimmas of MacedonTyrimmas was an Argead King of Macedon from about 750 BC to 700 BC.In the "History of The World", Sir Walter Raleigh states that Caranus, leading a colony into Macedon, observed a herd of goats fleeing a storm and followed them to the Gates of Edessa. Being dark, he entered the city un-noticed and...
750-700 BC - Perdiccas IPerdiccas I of Macedon.Perdiccas I was king of Macedon from about 700 BC to about 678 BC. Herodotus stated:-References:...
700–678 BC - Argaeus IArgaeus I of MacedonArgaeus I of Macedon was a king of Macedon of the Argead dynasty from about 678 BC to about 640 BC. He succeeded in the throne his father Perdiccas I. Argaeus left as successor his son Philip I...
678–640 BC - Philip IPhilip I of MacedonPhilip I of Macedon was one of the early kings of Macedon, a kingdom to the north of ancient Greece. He was a member of the Argead dynasty and son of Argaeus I, becoming king in 640 BC upon his father's death.As king, Philip was noted to be both wise and courageous...
640–602 BC - Aeropus IAeropus I of MacedonAeropus I of Macedon was the son of Philip I, the great-grandson of Perdiccas I, the first king of Macedon, and the father of Alcetas.- Reign :...
602–576 BC - Alcetas IAlcetas I of MacedonAlcetas I of Macedon was a son of Aeropus I of Macedon and the 8th king of Μacedon, counting from Karanus, and the 5th, counting from Perdiccas, reigned, according to Eusebius, 29 years...
576–547 BC - Amyntas IAmyntas I of MacedonAmyntas I was a king of Macedon. He was a son of Alcetas I of Macedon and his queen. He married a woman called Eurydice and had a son Alexander....
547–498 BC - Alexander IAlexander I of Macedon- Biography :Alexander was the son of Amyntas I and Queen Eurydice.According to Herodotus, he was unfriendly to Persia, and had the envoys of Darius I killed when they arrived at the court of his father during the Ionian Revolt...
498–454 BC - Perdiccas IIPerdiccas II of MacedonPerdiccas II was a king of Macedonia from about 454 BC to about 413 BC. He was the son of Alexander I and had two brothers.-Background:After the death of Alexander in 452, Macedon began to fall apart. Macedonian tribes became almost completely autonomous, and were only loosely allied to the king...
454–413 BC - ArchelausArchelaus I of MacedonArchelaus I was a king of Macedon from 413 to 399 BC. He was a capable and beneficent ruler, known for the sweeping changes he made in state administration, the military, and commerce. By the time that he died, Archelaus had succeeded in converting Macedon into a significantly stronger power...
413–399 BC - CraterusCraterus of MacedonCrateuas , also called Craterus, was King of Macedon for four days in 399 BC. He was lover of Archelaus I of Macedon, whom he killed to become a king himself. According to another version, Craterus killed the king, because Archelaus had promised to give him one of his daughters in marriage, but...
399 BC - OrestesOrestes of MacedonOrestes of Macedon was son of Archelaus and successor king of his murdered father. He reigned between 399-396 BC along with his guardian Aeropus II.-References:*History of the Macedonians Page 43 By Edward Farr 1850...
399–396 BC - Archelaus IIArchelaus II of MacedonArchelaus II of Macedon succeeded his father Archelaus I and reigned seven years. He died while out hunting, either by accident or assassination. He was brother of Orestes of Macedon. According to the Chronicon he reigned four years.-References:*History of the World Page 283 By Sir Walter Raleigh,...
396–393 BC - Amyntus IIAmyntas II of MacedonAmyntas II or Amyntas the Little, king of Macedon, was son of Philip or Menelaus, brother of Perdiccas II. He succeeded his father in his appanage in Upper Macedonia, of which Perdiccas seems to have wished to deprive him, as he had before endeavoured to wrest it from Philip, but had been...
393 BC - PausaniasPausanias of MacedonPausanias of Macedon , the son and successor of Aeropus II. He was assassinated in the year of his accession by Amyntas III.-References:*Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology...
393 BC - Amyntas IIIAmyntas III of MacedonAmyntas III son of Arrhidaeus and father of Philip II, was king of Macedon in 393 BC, and again from 392 to 370 BC. He was also a paternal grandfather of Alexander the Great....
393 BC - Argaeus IIArgaeus II of MacedonArgaeus II of Macedon , was a pretender to the Macedonian crown, who, with the assistance of the Illyrians, expelled King Amyntas III from his dominions in 393 BC and kept possession of the throne for about a year...
393–392 BC - Amyntas IIIAmyntas III of MacedonAmyntas III son of Arrhidaeus and father of Philip II, was king of Macedon in 393 BC, and again from 392 to 370 BC. He was also a paternal grandfather of Alexander the Great....
(restored) 392–370 BC - Alexander IIAlexander II of MacedonAlexander II was king of Macedon from 371 – 369 BC, following the death of his father Amyntas VI. He was the eldest of the three sons of Amyntas and Eurydice....
370–368 BC - Ptolemy I 368–365 BC
- Perdiccas IIIPerdiccas III of MacedonPerdiccas III was king of Macedonia from 368 to 359 BC, succeeding his brother Alexander II.Son of Amyntas III and Eurydice, he was underage when Alexander II was killed by Ptolemy of Aloros, who then ruled as regent. In 365, Perdiccas killed Ptolemy and assumed government.Of the reign of...
365–359 BC - Amyntas IVAmyntas IV of MacedonAmyntas IV was a titular king of Macedonia in 359 BC and member of the Argead dynasty.- Biography :Amyntas was a son of King Perdiccas III of Macedon. He was born in about 365 BC. After his father's death in 359 BC he became king, but he was only an infant. Philip II of Macedon, Perdiccas'...
359–356 BC - Philip IIPhilip II of MacedonPhilip II of Macedon "friend" + ἵππος "horse" — transliterated ; 382 – 336 BC), was a king of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. He was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III.-Biography:...
359–336 BC - Alexander III (the Great) 336–323 BC
- AntipaterAntipaterAntipater was a Macedonian general and a supporter of kings Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. In 320 BC, he became Regent of all of Alexander's Empire. Antipater was one of the sons of a Macedonian nobleman called Iollas or Iolaus and his family were distant collateral relatives to the...
, Regent of Macedon 334–319 BC
- Antipater
- Philip III ArrihadeusPhilip III of MacedonPhilip III Arrhidaeus was the king of Macedonia from after June 11, 323 BC until his death. He was a son of King Philip II of Macedonia by Philinna of Larissa, allegedly a Thessalian dancer, and a half-brother of Alexander the Great...
323–316 BC (only titular king) - Alexander IVAlexander IV of MacedonAlexander IV Aegus was the son of Alexander the Great and Princess Roxana of Bactria.-Birth:...
323–310 BC (only titular king)- PerdiccasPerdiccasPerdiccas was one of Alexander the Great's generals. After Alexander's death in 323 BC he became regent of all Alexander's empire.Arrian tells us he was son of Orontes, a descendant of the independent princes of the Macedonian province of Orestis...
, Regent of Macedon 323–321 BC - AntipaterAntipaterAntipater was a Macedonian general and a supporter of kings Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. In 320 BC, he became Regent of all of Alexander's Empire. Antipater was one of the sons of a Macedonian nobleman called Iollas or Iolaus and his family were distant collateral relatives to the...
, Regent of Macedon 321–319 BC - PolyperchonPolyperchonPolyperchon , son of Simmias from Tymphaia in Epirus, was a Macedonian general who served under Philip II and Alexander the Great, accompanying Alexander throughout his long journeys. After the return to Babylon, Polyperchon was sent back to Macedon with Craterus, but had only reached Cilicia by...
, Regent of Macedon 319–317 BC - CassanderCassanderCassander , King of Macedonia , was a son of Antipater, and founder of the Antipatrid dynasty...
, Regent of Macedon 317–306 BC
- Perdiccas
Diadochoi of Alexandrian Empire
- CassanderCassanderCassander , King of Macedonia , was a son of Antipater, and founder of the Antipatrid dynasty...
305–297 BC first non-Argead king of Macedon - LysimachusLysimachusLysimachus was a Macedonian officer and diadochus of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon.-Early Life & Career:...
(360–281 BC) founder of Lysimachian Empire (323–281 BC) (Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia) (succeeded by Antigonids, Attalids and Seleucids) - Seleucus I NicatorSeleucus I NicatorSeleucus I was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire...
(ca. 358 BC–281 BC) founder of Seleucid EmpireSeleucid EmpireThe Seleucid Empire was a Greek-Macedonian state that was created out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great. At the height of its power, it included central Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, today's Turkmenistan, Pamir and parts of Pakistan.The Seleucid Empire was a major centre...
and DynastySeleucid dynastyThe Seleucid dynasty or the Seleucidae was a Greek Macedonian royal family, founded by Seleucus I Nicator , which ruled the Seleucid Kingdom centered in the Near East and regions of the Asian part of the earlier Achaemenid Persian Empire during the Hellenistic period.-History:Seleucus was an...
(SyriaGreater SyriaGreater Syria , also known simply as Syria, is a term that denotes a region in the Near East bordering the Eastern Mediterranean Sea or the Levant....
and Asia) (323– 63 BC) - Ptolemy I SoterPtolemy I SoterPtolemy I Soter I , also known as Ptolemy Lagides, c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty...
(367 BC—283 BC) founder of Ptolemaic KingdomPtolemaic KingdomThe Ptolemaic Kingdom in and around Egypt began following Alexander the Great's conquest in 332 BC and ended with the death of Cleopatra VII and the Roman conquest in 30 BC. It was founded when Ptolemy I Soter declared himself Pharaoh of Egypt, creating a powerful Hellenistic state stretching from...
and DynastyPtolemaic dynastyThe Ptolemaic dynasty, was a Macedonian Greek royal family which ruled the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. Their rule lasted for 275 years, from 305 BC to 30 BC...
(EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
(305 – 30 BC)
Later dynasties in Asia
- PhiletaerusPhiletaerusPhiletaerus was the founder of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon in Anatolia.- Early life and career under Lysimachus :...
(~343–263 BC) founder of the Attalid dynastyAttalid dynastyThe Attalid dynasty was a Hellenistic dynasty that ruled the city of Pergamon after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great. The Attalid kingdom was the rump state left after the collapse of the Lysimachian Empire. One of Lysimachus' officers, Philetaerus, took control of the city...
in PergamonPergamonPergamon , or Pergamum, was an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey, in Mysia, today located from the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus , that became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 281–133 BC...
, West AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
(281–133 BC) - Diodotus IDiodotus IDiodotus I Soter was Seleucid satrap of Bactria, rebelled against Seleucid rule soon after the death of Antiochus II in c. 255 or 246 BC, and wrested independence for his territory. He died in 239 BC....
(~255 BC) Seleucid, founder of the Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom (250–125 BC) - Demetrius I the InvincibleDemetrius I of BactriaDemetrius I was a Buddhist Greco-Bactrian king . He was the son of Euthydemus and succeeded him around 200 BC, after which he conquered extensive areas in what now is eastern Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan thus creating an Indo-Greek kingdom far from Hellenistic Greece...
(~200 BC) founder of Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BC–10 AD)
Antipatrid DynastyAntipatrid dynastyThe Antipatrid dynasty was a Macedonian dynasty founded by Cassander, the son of Antipater, who declared himself King of Macedon in 302 BC. This dynasty did not last long; in 294 BC it was overthrown by the Antigonid dynasty, whose members proved to be more effective rulers.Members of the...
- CassanderCassanderCassander , King of Macedonia , was a son of Antipater, and founder of the Antipatrid dynasty...
306–297 BC - Philip IVPhilip IV of MacedonPhilip IV of Macedon was the son of Cassander. He briefly succeeded his father on the throne of Macedon prior to his death....
297–296 BC - Alexander VAlexander V of MacedonAlexander V of Macedon was the third and youngest son of Cassander and Thessalonica of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great. He ruled as King of Macedon along with his brother Antipater from 297 to 294 BC...
296–294 BC - Antipater IIAntipater II of MacedonAntipater II of Macedon , was the son of Cassander and Thessalonike of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great. He was king of Macedon from 297 BC until 294 BC, jointly with his brother Alexander V. Eventually, he murdered his mother and ousted his brother from the throne...
296–294 BC
Antigonid DynastyAntigonid dynastyThe Antigonid dynasty was a dynasty of Hellenistic kings descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus .-History:...
- Antigonus I MonophthalmusAntigonus I MonophthalmusAntigonus I Monophthalmus , son of Philip from Elimeia, was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. During his early life he served under Philip II, and he was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, declaring himself king in 306 BC and...
(Asia Minor) - Demetrius I Poliorcetes 294–288 BC (Macedon)
- LysimachusLysimachusLysimachus was a Macedonian officer and diadochus of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon.-Early Life & Career:...
(divided with Pyrrhus of Epirus) 288–281 BC - Pyrrhus of EpirusPyrrhus of EpirusPyrrhus or Pyrrhos was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house , and later he became king of Epirus and Macedon . He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome...
(divided with Lysimachus) 288–285 BC - Ptolemy II Ceraunus 281–279 BC
- MeleagerMeleager (king)Meleager of Macedon was the brother of Ptolemy Ceraunus and son of Ptolemy I Soter and Eurydice. Meleager ruled in 279 BC for two months until he was compelled by his Macedonian troops to resign his crown.-References:...
279 BC - Antipater EtesiasAntipater EtesiasAntipater Etesias was the son of Cassander's brother Phillip. He became king after the death of Ptolemy Keraunos and the ousting of Meleager. His reign lasted only a period of 45 days. The Macedonians gave Antipater the name Etesias, because the etesian winds blew during the short time that he was...
279 BC - SosthenesSosthenes of MacedonSosthenes was a Macedonian and general and may have been a king of the Antipatrid dynasty. During the reign of Lysimachus he was his governor in Asia Minor. Sosthenes was elected King by the Macedonian army, but he may or not have reigned as king. Appointed as Strategos he may have declined the...
279–277 BC - Antigonus II GonatasAntigonus II GonatasAntigonus II Gonatas was a powerful ruler who firmly established the Antigonid dynasty in Macedonia and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had invaded the Balkans.-Birth and family:...
277–274 BC - Pyrrhus of EpirusPyrrhus of EpirusPyrrhus or Pyrrhos was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house , and later he became king of Epirus and Macedon . He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome...
274–272 BC - Antigonus II GonatasAntigonus II GonatasAntigonus II Gonatas was a powerful ruler who firmly established the Antigonid dynasty in Macedonia and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had invaded the Balkans.-Birth and family:...
272–239 BC - Demetrius II AetolicusDemetrius II of MacedonDemetrius II Aetolicus son of Antigonus Gonatas and Phila, reigned as king of Macedonia from the winter of 239 to 229 BC. He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty and was born in 275 BC. There is a possibility that his father had already elevated to him to position of power equal to his own before his...
239–229 BC - Antigonus III Doson 229–221 BC
- Philip VPhilip V of MacedonPhilip V was King of Macedon from 221 BC to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of Rome. Philip was attractive and charismatic as a young man...
221–179 BC - PerseusPerseus of MacedonPerseus was the last king of the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled the successor state in Macedon created upon the death of Alexander the Great...
179–168 BC - Pseudo-Philip VI, AndriscusAndriscusAndriscus, and often called the "pseudo-Philip", was the last King of Macedon , and ruler of Adramyttium in Aeolis ....
149–148 BC
High generals
- ParmenionParmenionParmenion was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, murdered on a suspected false charge of treason....
– StrategosStrategosStrategos, plural strategoi, is used in Greek to mean "general". In the Hellenistic and Byzantine Empires the term was also used to describe a military governor...
of Philip and Alexander and commander of pharsalian squadron - AttalusAttalus (general)Attalus , important courtier of Macedonian king Philip II of Macedonia.In 339 BC, Attalus' niece Cleopatra Eurydice married king Philip II of Macedonia. In spring of 336 BC, Philip II appointed Attalus and Parmenion as commanders of the advance force that would invade the Persian Empire in Asia Minor...
strategos of Philip and early taxiarch of Alexander - HephaestionHephaestionHephaestion , son of Amyntor, was a Macedonian nobleman and a general in the army of Alexander the Great...
– ChiliarchChiliarchChiliarch , in the Greek army of the Hellenistic period, was a commander of a 1,000 men unit, roughly equivalent to a modern battalion. The office was an adaptation by Alexander the Great of the Persian Achaemenid empire's hazarapatish. A chiliarch held duties both martial and civil...
(after 327 BC) - PerdiccasPerdiccasPerdiccas was one of Alexander the Great's generals. After Alexander's death in 323 BC he became regent of all Alexander's empire.Arrian tells us he was son of Orontes, a descendant of the independent princes of the Macedonian province of Orestis...
– Chiliarch (after 324 BC) - Seleucus I NicatorSeleucus I NicatorSeleucus I was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire...
– Chiliarch (after 323 BC)
SomatophylakesSomatophylakesSomatophylakes , in its literal English translation from Greek, means "bodyguards".The most famous body of somatophylakes were those of Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great. They consisted of seven men, drawn from the Macedonian nobility, who also acted as high-ranking military officers,...
- Aristonous of PellaAristonous of PellaFor other persons with the same name, see AristonousAristonous of Pella, son of Peisaeus, was one of the somatophylakes bodyguards of Alexander the Great, distinguished himself greatly on one occasion in India. On the death of Alexander, he was one of the first to propose that the supreme power...
- Arybbas (somatophylax)Arybbas (somatophylax)Arybbas was a somatophylax of Alexander the Great. He was probably from Epirus, a member of the Molossian royal house . He died of illness in Egypt in the winter of 332 BC and was replaced by Leonnatus.-References:...
- BalacrusBalacrusBalacrus , the son of Nicanor, one of Alexander the Great's "Somatophylakes" , was appointed satrap of Cilicia after the battle of Issus, 333 BC. He fell in battle against the Pisidians in the life-time of Alexander...
- Demetrius (somatophylax)Demetrius (somatophylax)Demetrius was one of Alexander's somatophylakes. He was suspected of being engaged in the conspiracy of Philotas, and was executed. Ptolemy replaced him as Somatophylax.-References:* Arrian, Anabasis 3.27.5...
- HephaestionHephaestionHephaestion , son of Amyntor, was a Macedonian nobleman and a general in the army of Alexander the Great...
- LeonnatusLeonnatusLeonnatus 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 kingdom that had been included in Macedonia by King Philip II of Macedon. Leonnatus was the same age as Alexander and was very close to him. Later, he was one...
- LysimachusLysimachusLysimachus was a Macedonian officer and diadochus of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon.-Early Life & Career:...
- Menes of PellaMenes of PellaMenes of Pella , son of Dionysius, was one of the officers of Alexander the Great; and after the Battle of Issus was admitted by the king into the number of his somatophylakes, in the place of Balacrus, who was promoted to the satrapy of Cilicia...
- Pausanias of Orestis Philip's
- PeithonPeithonPeithon or Pithon was the son of Crateuas, a nobleman from Eordaia in western Macedonia. One of the bodyguards of Alexander the Great, later satrap of Media and one of the diadochi....
- PeucestasPeucestasPeucestas was a native of the town of Mieza, in Macedonia, and a distinguished officer in the service of Alexander the Great. His name is first mentioned as one of those appointed to command a trireme on the Hydaspes...
- Ptolemy (somatophylax)Ptolemy (somatophylax)Ptolemy 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.-References:*Arrian, Anab. i. 22...
- Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)Ptolemy ; died 333 BC) son of Seleucus from Orestis or Tymphaia, was one of the select officers called Somatophylaces, or guards of the king's person; he combined with that distinguished post the command of one of the divisions of the phalanx. Ptolemy was from an upper noble family...
- Ptolemy I SoterPtolemy I SoterPtolemy I Soter I , also known as Ptolemy Lagides, c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty...
HipparchoiHipparchos (cavalry officer)A Hipparchus or Hipparch was the title of an ancient Greek cavalry officer, commanding a hipparchia ; two such units were commanded by an Epihipparchos....
- PhilotasPhilotasPhilotas was the eldest son of Parmenion, Alexander's most experienced and talented general. When Alexander became king of Macedonia with Parmenion's support Philotas (in Greek, Φιλώτας, died October 330 BC) was the eldest son of Parmenion, Alexander's most experienced and talented general. When...
(after 330 BC, Cleitus the Black, Coenus, HephaestionHephaestionHephaestion , son of Amyntor, was a Macedonian nobleman and a general in the army of Alexander the Great...
, CraterusCraterusCraterus was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi.He was the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Alexander from Orestis and brother of admiral Amphoterus. Craterus commanded the phalanx and all infantry on the left wing in Battle of Issus...
, PerdiccasPerdiccasPerdiccas was one of Alexander the Great's generals. After Alexander's death in 323 BC he became regent of all Alexander's empire.Arrian tells us he was son of Orontes, a descendant of the independent princes of the Macedonian province of Orestis...
, Cleitus the White) leaders of Hetairoi (1800 Horses) - Cleitus the Black, Royal cavalry
- SopolisSopolis of MacedonFor other persons with the same name, see SopolisSopolis , son of Hermodorus, was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi from Amphipolis, since at least the Triballian campaign of Alexander the Great 335 BC...
, cavalry of AmphipolisAmphipolisAmphipolis was an ancient Greek city in the region once inhabited by the Edoni people in the present-day region of Central Macedonia. It was built on a raised plateau overlooking the east bank of the river Strymon where it emerged from Lake Cercinitis, about 3 m. from the Aegean Sea. Founded in... - Heraclides (son of Antiochus)Heraclides (son of Antiochus)For other persons with the same name, see HeraclidesHeraclides or Heracleides , son of Antiochus, was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi from Bottiaea , from the Triballian campaign of Alexander the Great in 335 BC until the battle of Gaugamela....
, cavalry of BottiaeaBottiaeaBottiaea 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 Macedonians into Bottike... - PeroidasPeroidasPeroidas or Peroedas , son of Menestheus, was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi from Anthemus from the beginning of the campaign of Alexander the Great...
cavalry of AnthemusAnthemountasAnthemountas is a former municipality in Chalkidiki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Polygyros, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 4,540 . The seat of the municipality was in Galatista.... - SocratesSocrates of MacedonFor other persons with the same name, see Socrates Socrates , son of Sathon was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi from Apollonia , since at least the beginning of the Asiatic expedition.-References:...
cavalry of ApolloniaApollonia (Chalcidice)Apollonia was the ancient chief town of Chalcidice in Macedonia, situated north of Olynthus, and a little south of the Chalcidian mountains. That this Apollonia is a different place from Apollonia in Mygdonia, appears from Xenophon, who describes the Chalcidian Apollonia as distant 10 or 12 miles... - PantordanusPantordanusPantordanus or Pantordanos , son of Cleander, was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi of Leugaea from the beginning of the campaign of Alexander the Great. At the Battle of Issus, he occupied at first the left wing but then being transferred to the right, just as the battle began . Nothing further is...
cavalry of Leugaea - Hegelochus, (later Amyntas (son of Arrhabaeus)Amyntas (son of Arrhabaeus)For other persons with the same name, see AmyntasAmyntas , son of Arrhabaeus, was hipparch of the ile of Prodromoi. He replaced Hegelochus and was replaced by Protomachus.-References:...
, ProtomachusProtomachus (Macedonian general)Protomachus was a Macedonian general in the Battle of Issus commanding the Prodromoi and replacing Amyntas . In the battle of Gaugamela he was replaced by Aretes-References:...
, AretesAretesAretes or Aretas was a Macedonian general. In the battle of Gaugamela he commanded the cavalry of Sarissophoroi replacing Protomachus.-References:...
), ProdromoiProdromoiIn ancient Greece, the Prodromoi were the skirmisher light cavalry. Their name means "moving before the rest of the army". They were equipped with javelins, argive shields, and cavalry sword...
, light cavalry (600 Horses) - CalasCalas (general)For other uses, see Calas and CallasCalas or Callas was an ancient Greek, son of Harpalus of Elimiotis and first cousin to Antigonus, king of Asia, who held a command in the army which Philip II sent into Anatolia under Parmenion and Attalus, 336 BC, to further his cause among the Greek cities...
, Alexander of Lyncestis, PhilipPhilip (son of Menelaus)For other persons with the same name, see Philip Philip, son of Menelaus was a Macedonian general of Alexander from the beginning of the Asiatic expedition. In the battle of Granicus he commanded the allied cavalry from Peloponnesus...
, PolydamasPolydamas of MacedonFor other persons with the same name, see PolydamasPolydamas wan an hetairos of Macedonian or Thessalian origin. He was in Parmenion's guard, in the Pharsalian squadron...
, ParmenionParmenionParmenion was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, murdered on a suspected false charge of treason....
–Thessalian cavalry (1800 Horses) - Philip (son of Menelaus)Philip (son of Menelaus)For other persons with the same name, see Philip Philip, son of Menelaus was a Macedonian general of Alexander from the beginning of the Asiatic expedition. In the battle of Granicus he commanded the allied cavalry from Peloponnesus...
(after 331 BC, ErigyiusErigyiusErigyius , a Mytilenaean, son of Larichus, was an officer in Alexander the Great's army. He had been driven into banishment by Philip II, king of Macedon, because of his faithful attachment to Alexander, and returned when the latter came to the throne in 336 BC...
), other allied Greeks (600 Horses) - Agathon (son of Tyrimmas)Agathon (son of Tyrimmas)Agathon son of Tyrimmas was the Macedonian commander of Thracian cavalry during Alexander's campaign. He played a role in the elimination of Parmenion but later he was executed by Alexander.-References:...
, (later Ariston of PaioniaAriston of PaioniaFor other persons with the same name, see AristonAriston was a member of the Paionian royal house, possibly brother of Patraus and father of the later king Audoleon. His service with Alexander the Great, like that of Sitalces II and others, helped to ensure the loyalty of his nation to Macedon in...
) Thracian cavalry (900 Horses) *Total 5700 Horses in 333 BC - Demetrius (son of Althaemenes)Demetrius (son of Althaemenes)For other persons with the same name, see Demetrius Demetrius , son of Althaemenes was hipparch of one ile of Hetairoi in the battle of Gaugamela. Demetrius' last recorded command was in the Mallian campaign .-References:...
, GlauciasGlaucias of MacedonFor other persons with the same name, see GlauciasGlaucias of Macedon was an officer of Companion Cavalry at the battle of Gaugamela. Perhaps he is the same Glaucias who, on Cassander's orders, murdered Alexander IV of Macedon and Roxana in the citadel of Amphipolis....
, MeleagerMeleager (general)Meleager was a Macedonian officer of distinction in the service of Alexander the Great.Meleager, son of Neoptolemus, is first mentioned in the war against the Getae . At the Granicus in the following year , he commanded one of the divisions of the phalanx, a post which he afterward held...
, mentioned in the Battle of GaugamelaBattle of GaugamelaThe Battle of Gaugamela took place in 331 BC between Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. The battle, which is also called the Battle of Arbela, resulted in a massive victory for the ancient Macedonians and led to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire.-Location:Darius chose a flat, open plain...
Taxiarchs of PezhetairoiPezhetairoiThe pezhetairoi were the backbone of the Macedonian army and Diadochi kingdoms. They were literally "foot companions" .The Macedonian phalanxes were made up almost entirely of pezhetairoi...
- Nicanor (son of Parmenion) 334 BC leader of Royal AgemaAgemaIn ancient Macedonia, the Agema, meaning literally "the guards", were the elite guards.They were hypaspists and asthetairoi, and later argyraspids . In the eastern Diadochi States they were the infantry guards of the King...
and HypaspistsHypaspistsA hypaspist is a squire, man at arms, or "shield carrier". In Homer, Deiphobos advances "ὑπασπίδια" or under cover of his shield. By the time of Herodotus the word had come to mean a high status soldier as is strongly suggested by Herodotus in one of the earliest known uses:"Now the horse which...
(succeeded by Neoptolemus (general)Neoptolemus (general)For other uses, see Neoptolemus Neoptolemus was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great....
) - AlcetasAlcetasAlcetas , the brother of Perdiccas and son of Orontes from Orestis, is first mentioned as one of Alexander the Great's generals in his Indian expedition...
- AmyntasAmyntas of MacedoniaAmyntas was a Macedonian officer in Alexander the Great's army, son of Andromenes from Tymphaia. After the battle of the Granicus, 334 BC, when the garrison of Sardis was quietly surrendered to Alexander, Amyntas was the officer sent forward to receive it from the commander, Mithrenes...
334 BC - AntigenesAntigenes (general)Antigenes was a general of Alexander the Great, who also served under Philip II of Macedon, and lost an eye at the siege of Perinthus . After the death of Alexander he obtained the satrapy of Susiana. He was one of the commanders of the Argyraspides and espoused with his troops the side of Eumenes...
- Antigonus I MonophthalmusAntigonus I MonophthalmusAntigonus I Monophthalmus , son of Philip from Elimeia, was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. During his early life he served under Philip II, and he was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, declaring himself king in 306 BC and...
334 BC - Attalus (general)Attalus (general)Attalus , important courtier of Macedonian king Philip II of Macedonia.In 339 BC, Attalus' niece Cleopatra Eurydice married king Philip II of Macedonia. In spring of 336 BC, Philip II appointed Attalus and Parmenion as commanders of the advance force that would invade the Persian Empire in Asia Minor...
334 BC - Attalus (son of Andromenes from Stympha)
- Clitus the WhiteClitus the WhiteCleitus the White was an officer of Alexander the Great surnamed "White" to distinguish him from Cleitus the Black...
- Coenus 334 BC
- CraterusCraterusCraterus was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi.He was the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Alexander from Orestis and brother of admiral Amphoterus. Craterus commanded the phalanx and all infantry on the left wing in Battle of Issus...
334 BC - GorgiasGorgias of MacedonFor other persons with the same name, see Gorgias Gorgias was one of Alexander's officers, among those who were brought reluctantly from Macedonia by Amyntas , when he was sent home to collect levies in 332 BC...
- Meleager (general)Meleager (general)Meleager was a Macedonian officer of distinction in the service of Alexander the Great.Meleager, son of Neoptolemus, is first mentioned in the war against the Getae . At the Granicus in the following year , he commanded one of the divisions of the phalanx, a post which he afterward held...
334 BC - Menander (general)Menander (general)Menander 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 government of Lydia, during the settlement of the affairs of Asia made by Alexander when at Tyre...
334 BC - Peithon, son of AgenorPeithon, son of AgenorPeithon, son of Agenor was an officer in the expedition of Alexander the Great to India, who became satrap of the Indus from 325 to 316 BCE, and then satrap of Babylon, from 316 to 312 BCE, until he died at the Battle of Gaza in 312 BCE....
- PerdiccasPerdiccasPerdiccas was one of Alexander the Great's generals. After Alexander's death in 323 BC he became regent of all Alexander's empire.Arrian tells us he was son of Orontes, a descendant of the independent princes of the Macedonian province of Orestis...
334 BC - Philip (son of Amyntas) 334 BC
- Philotas (satrap)Philotas (satrap)Philotas 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 same person mentioned by Curtius, as one of those rewarded by the king at Babylon for their...
- PolyperchonPolyperchonPolyperchon , son of Simmias from Tymphaia in Epirus, was a Macedonian general who served under Philip II and Alexander the Great, accompanying Alexander throughout his long journeys. After the return to Babylon, Polyperchon was sent back to Macedon with Craterus, but had only reached Cilicia by...
- Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)Ptolemy ; died 333 BC) son of Seleucus from Orestis or Tymphaia, was one of the select officers called Somatophylaces, or guards of the king's person; he combined with that distinguished post the command of one of the divisions of the phalanx. Ptolemy was from an upper noble family...
- Ptolemy I SoterPtolemy I SoterPtolemy I Soter I , also known as Ptolemy Lagides, c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty...
334 BC - SimmiasSimmias of MacedonFor other persons with the same name, see SimmiasSimmias was a Macedonian officer, son of Andromenes from Tymphaia and brother of Attalus and Amyntas, the officers of Alexander the Great...
NavarchNavarchNavarch is 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 :...
oi
- ProteasProteas of MacedonProteas , son of Andronicus and Lanike, was a syntrophos and hetairos of Alexander the Great. He had been sent with 15 ships by Antipater to protect the islands and the Greek mainland against Persian attack. Putting in at Chalcis on Euboea he advanced to Cythnus and then caught the Persian admiral...
- HegelochusHegelochus of MacedonHegelochus, son of Hippostratus, was a Macedonian general, and apparently the nephew of Philip II's last wife, Cleopatra. Hegelochus survived the disgrace of his relative, Attalus, who was murdered on Alexander the Great's instructions in 336/5 BC. At the battle of the Granicus, he led a body of...
- AmphoterusAmphoterus (admiral)Amphoterus the brother of Craterus, was appointed by Alexander the Great commander of the fleet in the Hellespont in 333 BC. Amphoterus subdued the islands between Greece and Asia which did not acknowledge Alexander, cleared Crete of the Persians and pirates, and sailed to Peloponnesus in 331 BC,...
- NearchusNearchusNearchus was one of the officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. His celebrated voyage from India to Susa after Alexander's expedition in India is preserved in Arrian's account, the Indica....
TrierarchTrierarchTrierarch was the title of officers who commanded a trireme in the classical Greek world. In Athens and a few other states this officer was also required to pay for the outfitting and maintenance of the ship. Trierarchs thus had to be men of considerable means, since the expenses incurred could...
s of NearchusNearchusNearchus was one of the officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. His celebrated voyage from India to Susa after Alexander's expedition in India is preserved in Arrian's account, the Indica....
- Archon of PellaArchon of PellaArchon was a Pellaean, appointed satrap of Babylonia after the death of Alexander the Great , is probably the same as the son of Cleinias mentioned in the Indian expedition of Alexander. He perished in 321 BC in a fight against Docimus. As it is proved from an inscription in Delphi, Archon had...
- Archias of PellaArchias of PellaArchias, son of Anaxidotus from Pella , 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 Tylos...
- Aristonous of PellaAristonous of PellaFor other persons with the same name, see AristonousAristonous of Pella, son of Peisaeus, was one of the somatophylakes bodyguards of Alexander the Great, distinguished himself greatly on one occasion in India. On the death of Alexander, he was one of the first to propose that the supreme power...
- AsclepiodorusAsclepiodorus of MacedonFor other persons with the same name, see AsclepiodorusAsclepiodorus a Macedonian, son of Timander, was one of the generals of Alexander the Great, and after the conquest of Syria was appointed by Alexander satrap of that country...
- CraterusCraterusCraterus was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi.He was the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Alexander from Orestis and brother of admiral Amphoterus. Craterus commanded the phalanx and all infantry on the left wing in Battle of Issus...
- Demonicus of PellaDemonicus of PellaDemonicus of Pella, son of Athenaeus was presumably one of Alexander's hetairoi and served in 326 BC as a trierarch of the Hydaspes fleet of Nearchus.-References:...
- HephaestionHephaestionHephaestion , son of Amyntor, was a Macedonian nobleman and a general in the army of Alexander the Great...
- LeonnatusLeonnatusLeonnatus 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 kingdom that had been included in Macedonia by King Philip II of Macedon. Leonnatus was the same age as Alexander and was very close to him. Later, he was one...
- LysimachusLysimachusLysimachus was a Macedonian officer and diadochus of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon.-Early Life & Career:...
- Metron
- Mylleas
- NicarchidesNicarchidesNicarchides from Pydna son of Simus was a general of Alexander the Great. In 331/0 he was appointed phrourarchos of Persepolis and placed in charge of a garrison of 3,000 men . Nicarchides was also trierarch of the Hydaspes fleet of Nearchus.-References:...
- OphellasOphellasOphellas or Ophelas of Pella in Macedonia was later a king of Cyrene ; his father's name was Silenus. He was considered as one of the closest friends of Alexander the Great. He appears to have accompanied his expedition in Asia, but his name is first mentioned as a trierarch of the fleet on the...
- PantauchusPantauchusPantauchus , was a Macedonian trierarch of Nearchus's fleet and general during the short reign of Demetrius Poliorcetes ....
- PeithonPeithonPeithon or Pithon was the son of Crateuas, a nobleman from Eordaia in western Macedonia. One of the bodyguards of Alexander the Great, later satrap of Media and one of the diadochi....
- PerdiccasPerdiccasPerdiccas was one of Alexander the Great's generals. After Alexander's death in 323 BC he became regent of all Alexander's empire.Arrian tells us he was son of Orontes, a descendant of the independent princes of the Macedonian province of Orestis...
- PeucestasPeucestasPeucestas was a native of the town of Mieza, in Macedonia, and a distinguished officer in the service of Alexander the Great. His name is first mentioned as one of those appointed to command a trireme on the Hydaspes...
- Ptolemy I SoterPtolemy I SoterPtolemy I Soter I , also known as Ptolemy Lagides, c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty...
- Timanthes of PellaTimanthes of PellaFor other persons with the same name, see TimanthesTimanthes of Pella , son of Pantiades was one of the trierarchs on the Hydaspes fleet of Nearchus in 326 BC.-References:...
Various
- Agathon brother of Parmenion
- ArrhidaeusArrhidaeusArrhidaeus , one of Alexander the Great's generals, was entrusted with the conduct of Alexander's funeral to Egypt in 323 BC...
- AsanderAsanderAsander was the son of Philotas and brother of Parmenion. Alexander the Great appointed him in 334 BC governor of Lydia and the other parts of the satrapy of Spithridates, and also placed under his command an army strong enough to maintain the Macedonian authority...
- Caranus hetairos
- CoragusCoragusCoragus of the Macedonian Army was a celebrated warrior and companion of Alexander the Great. His exploits in battle were perhaps significant but undocumented, and he is best known for his defeat at the hands of the Athenian Dioxippus, practitioner of pankration.During a banquet thrown by the...
- DerdasDerdasDerdas was archon of Elimiotis during the time of Philip II of Macedon. His daughter, Phila, married Philip. He had two sons, Derdas and Machatas. Machatas was father of Machatas, Harpalus and Philip, who became the satrap of India. In 380 BC, Derdas and King Amyntas of Macedon supported the...
- Eudemus (general)Eudemus (general)Eudemus was one of Alexander the Great's generals, who was appointed by him to the command of the troops left in India, after the murder of the Alexander-appointed satrap Philip by his own mercenary troops in 326 BCE:After Alexander's death he made himself master of the territories of the Indian...
- HarpalusHarpalusFor other uses, see Harpalus Harpalus son of Machatas was an aristocrat of Macedon and boyhood friend of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. Being lame in a leg, and therefore exempt from military service, Harpalus did not follow Alexander in his advance within the Persian Empire but...
- IollasIollasIollas , son of Antipater, and 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 was cup-bearer to Alexander the Great at the period of his last illness...
- LagusLagusLagus from Eordaea was the father, or reputed father, of Ptolemy, the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He married Arsinoe, a concubine of Philip II, king of Macedon, who was said to have been pregnant at the time of their marriage, on which account it is told that the Macedonians generally looked...
- Menedemus (general)Menedemus (general)Menedemus was one of the generals of Alexander the Great, who was sent in 329 BC against Spitamenes, satrap of Sogdiana, but was surprised and slain, together with 2000 foot-soldiers and 300 horse.-References:...
- Menelaus (son of Lagus)
- Nicanor (Antipatrid general)
- Nicanor (father of Balacrus)
- Nicanor (Ptolemaic general)
- Nicanor the ElephantNicanor the ElephantNicanor or Nicanor , nicknamed the Elephant, was a general under King Philip V of Macedonia in the 3rd century BCE.He invaded Attica with an army shortly before the breaking out of the Second Macedonian War between Philip and the Romans in 200 BCE...
- Philip (son of Antigonus)Philip (son of Antigonus)Philip , 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 the latter...
- Philip (son of Antipater)Philip (general)Philip 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, king of Epirus, had recovered possession of his throne, induced him to turn his arms against that...
- Philip (son of Machatas)Philip (son of Machatas)Philip , son of Machatas, was an officer in the service of Alexander the Great, who was appointed by him in 327 BC satrap of India, including the provinces westward of the Hydaspes, as far south as the junction of the Indus with the Acesines...
- Philoxenus (general)Philoxenus (general)Philoxenus 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...
- Polemon (general)Polemon (general)For other uses, see PolemonPolemon , son of Andromenes the Stymphaean, was a Macedonian officer in the service of Alexander the Great...
son of Andromenes - Ptolemy (general)Ptolemy (general)Ptolemy ; died 309 BC) was a nephew of Antigonus, and who served as a general to Alexander the Great who afterwards became king of Asia....
nephew of Antigonus - TeutamusTeutamusTeutamus was a Macedonian officer, who, in 319 BC, shared with Antigenes the command of the select troops called the Argyraspids. Of the services by which he had earned this distinguished post we know nothing...
- Tlepolemus (son of Pythophanes)Tlepolemus (general)For other persons with the same name, see Tlepolemus Tlepolemus was the son of Pythophanes and one of the hetairoi of Alexander the Great, who was joined in the government of the Parthians and Hyrcanii with Amminapes, a Parthian, whom Alexander had appointed satrap of those provinces...
Athletes
- Alexander I of MacedonAlexander I of Macedon- Biography :Alexander was the son of Amyntas I and Queen Eurydice.According to Herodotus, he was unfriendly to Persia, and had the envoys of Darius I killed when they arrived at the court of his father during the Ionian Revolt...
504 or 500 BC StadionStadionStadion or stade , was an ancient running event, part of the Olympic Games and the other Panhellenic Games. It was one of the five major Pentathlon events. It was the premier event of the gymnikos agon...
2nd Olympics - ca. 430–420 BC Argive HeraHeraHera was the wife and one of three sisters of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon of Greek mythology and religion. Her chief function was as the goddess of women and marriage. Her counterpart in the religion of ancient Rome was Juno. The cow and the peacock were sacred to her...
ean games - Archelaos Perdikas 408 BC TethripponChariot racingChariot racing was one of the most popular ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine sports. Chariot racing was often dangerous to both driver and horse as they frequently suffered serious injury and even death, but generated strong spectator enthusiasm...
in Olympic and Pythian GamesPythian GamesThe Pythian Games were one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games, held every four years at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.... - Philip II of MacedonPhilip II of MacedonPhilip II of Macedon "friend" + ἵππος "horse" — transliterated ; 382 – 336 BC), was a king of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. He was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III.-Biography:...
(Thrice Olympic Winner), 356 BC Horse Race, 352 BC Tethrippon, 348 BC two-colt chariot, Synoris - 344 BC Tethrippon PanathenaicsPanathenaic GamesThe Panathenaic Games were held every four years in Athens in Ancient Greece since 566 BC. They continued into the third century AD. These Games incorporated religious festival, ceremony , athletic competitions, and cultural events hosted within a stadium.-Religious festival:The games were part of...
- Archon of PellaArchon of PellaArchon was a Pellaean, appointed satrap of Babylonia after the death of Alexander the Great , is probably the same as the son of Cleinias mentioned in the Indian expedition of Alexander. He perished in 321 BC in a fight against Docimus. As it is proved from an inscription in Delphi, Archon had...
334-332 BC Horse race IsthmianIsthmian GamesThe Isthmian Games or Isthmia were one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, and were named after the isthmus of Corinth, where they were held...
and Pythian Games - Antigonus (son of Callas)Antigonus (son of Callas)Antigonos of Callas was an ancient Macedonian hetairos from Amphipolis, known through an inscription with a Homeric-style epigram of about 300-275 BC, where he commemorates his win in Hoplitodromos at Heraclean games after the Conquest of Tyrus 332-331 BC. Alexander had dreamt that Heracles...
332-331 BC HoplitodromosHoplitodromosThe hoplitodromos or hoplitodromia was an ancient foot race, part of the Olympic Games and the other Panhellenic Games...
Heraclean games in Tyrus, after the ConquestSiege of TyreThe Siege of Tyre was a siege of the city of Tyre, a strategic coastal base on the Mediterranean Sea, orchestrated by Alexander the Great in 332 BC during his campaigns against the Persians. The Macedonian army was unable to capture the city through conventional means because it was on an island...
of the city - Malacus 329/328 BC DolichosDolichos (running race)Dolichos or Dolichus in ancient Olympics was a long-race introduced in 720 BC. Separate accounts of the race present conflicting evidence as to the actual length of the dolichos. However, the average stated length of the race was approximately 18-24 laps, or about three miles...
Amphiarian gamesAmphiareion of OroposThe Amphiareion of Oropos , situated in the hills 6 km southeast of the fortified port of Oropos, was a sanctuary dedicated in the late 5th century BCE to the hero Amphiaraos, where pilgrims went to seek oracular responses and healing. It became particularly successful during the 4th century... - Criton or Cliton 328 BC Stadion Olympics
- DamasiasDamasias of AmphipolisDamasias of Amphipolis, is listed as a victor in the stadion race of the 115th Olympiad ....
of Amphipolis 320 BC Stadion Olympics - LagusLagusLagus from Eordaea was the father, or reputed father, of Ptolemy, the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He married Arsinoe, a concubine of Philip II, king of Macedon, who was said to have been pregnant at the time of their marriage, on which account it is told that the Macedonians generally looked...
(son of Ptolemeus) 308 BC Synoris Arcadian LykaiaLykaiaIn Ancient Greece, the Lykaia was an archaic festival with a secret ritual on the slopes of Mount Lykaion , the tallest peak in rustic Arcadia. The rituals and myths of this primitive rite of passage centered upon an ancient threat of cannibalism and the possibility of a werewolf transformation... - EpaenetusEpaenetusEpaenetus may refer to the following persons:*Epaenetus , a Christian at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutation...
(son of Silanus) 308 BC Tethrippon Lykaia - Heraclitus 304 BC stadion Lykaia
- Bubalus of Cassandreia 304 BC keles (horse) flat race Lykaia
- Lampos of Philippi 304 BC Tethrippon Olympics
- AntigonusAntigonusAntigonus, a Greek name meaning "comparable to his father" or "worthy of his father", may refer to:* Three Macedonian kings of the Antigonid dynasty that succeeded Alexander the Great in Asia:** Antigonus I Monophthalmus...
292 and 288 BC Stadion Olympics - Seleucus 268 BC Stadion Olympics
- BelisticheBelisticheBilistiche or Belistiche was a Hellenistic courtesan of uncertain origin. According to Pausanias, she was a Macedonian; according to Athenaeus, an Argive; according to Plutarch, a foreign slave bought from the marketplace. She won the tethrippon and synoris horse races in the 264 BC Olympic Games...
264 BC Tethrippon and Synoris Olympics - Apollodorus (runner)Apollodorus (runner)Apollodorus was an unlucky ancient Macedonian runner who although won in Olympics he was killed by lightning on his way back home. He is commemorated by Antipater of Thessalonica in the below epigram....
1st c.BC Olympics
Horse race Olympic Victors as recorded
in recent discovered epigrams of Posidippus
Posidippus
Posidippus of Pella was an Ancient Greek epigrammatic poet.-Life:Posidippus was born in the city of Pella, capital of the kingdom of Macedon. He lived for some time in Samos before moving permanently to the court of Ptolemy I Soter and later Ptolemy II Philadelphus in Alexandria, Egypt...
of Pella (~3rd c. BC)
- Ptolemy I SoterPtolemy I SoterPtolemy I Soter I , also known as Ptolemy Lagides, c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty...
- Ptolemy II PhiladelphusPtolemy II PhiladelphusPtolemy II Philadelphus was the king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 283 BCE to 246 BCE. He was the son of the founder of the Ptolemaic kingdom Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice, and was educated by Philitas of Cos...
- Arsinoe I
- Arsinoe II
- Berenice Phernophorus
- Berenice IIBerenice IIBerenice II was the daughter of Magas of Cyrene and Queen Apama II, and the wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt....
- Cleopatra II
- Etearchus
- Molycus
- Plangon woman
- Trygaios
Writers
- AdaiosAdaiosAdaios, also known as Adaeus, was a Macedonian poet of whomh little is known, save that he made two notable contributions to literature and history. When his good friend Euripides died in exile and was refused burial in his native Athens, Adaios composed the epitaph that graced the playwright's...
(ca. 450 BC) epigrammatic poet - AntipaterAntipaterAntipater was a Macedonian general and a supporter of kings Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. In 320 BC, he became Regent of all of Alexander's Empire. Antipater was one of the sons of a Macedonian nobleman called Iollas or Iolaus and his family were distant collateral relatives to the...
(ca. 397 BC — 319 BC) Illyrian Wars - Ptolemy I SoterPtolemy I SoterPtolemy I Soter I , also known as Ptolemy Lagides, c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty...
(367 BC—283 BC) patron of letters, historian of Alexander's campaign - Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) epistolist, rhetor quotes
- Alexarchus, scholar, conlangerConlangerA conlanger is a person who invents conlangs .-Professional conlangers:Conlangers who have been hired to create languages.* Marc Okrand - Klingon, Atlantean* David J. Peterson - Dothraki language...
- Leon of PellaLeon of PellaLeon of Pella or Leo the Egyptian was a historian, priest and theologian. He wrote the book On the Gods in Egypt , based on an apocryphal letter of Alexander the Great to his mother Olympias...
(4th c. BC) historian On the Gods in Egypt - Marsyas of PellaMarsyas of PellaMarsyas of Pella , son of Periander, was aMacedonian historian. According to Suidas, he was a brother of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, who was afterwards king of Asia, by which an uterine brother alone can be meant, as the father of Antigonus was named Philip...
(356- 294) historian - Marsyas of PhilippiMarsyas of PhilippiMarsyas of Philippi was a Macedonian Greek historian and the son of Critophemus. He was often called Marsyas the Younger to distinguish him from Marsyas of Pella, with whom he has frequently been confounded. The earliest writers by whom he is cited is Plinius and Athenaeus...
(3rd c. BC) historian - HippolochusHippolochusHippolochus was a Macedonian writer, a student of Theophrastus, who addressed to his fellow-student Lynceus of Samos a description of a wedding feast in Macedon in the early 3rd century BC. The bridegroom was a certain Caranus, probably a relative of the Caranus who had been a companion of...
(early 3rd c. BC) description of a Macedonian wedding feast - Poseidippus of CassandreiaPoseidippus of CassandreiaPosidippus of Cassandreia , Poseidippos, 316 BC – ca. 250 BC) son of Cyniscus, a Macedonian who lived in Athens, was a celebrated comic poet of the New Comedy. He produced his first play in the third year after Menander had died, . Cooks held an important position in his list of characters...
(~288 BC) comic poet - Poseidippus of Pella (c. 280 BC – 240 BC) epigrammatic poet
- AmeriasAmeriasAmerias was an ancient Macedonian lexicographer, known for his compilation of a glossary titled Glossai...
(3rd c. BC) lexicographer - Craterus (historian)Craterus (historian)Craterus was a Macedonian historian. He was brother of Antigonus II Gonatas and father of Alexander .He distinguished himself as a diligent compiler of historical documents relating to the history of Attica...
(3rd c. BC) anthologist, compiler of historical documents relative to the history of Attica - Oikiades (son of Nikandros) from CassandreiaCassandreiaCassandrea, Cassandreia, or Cassandria was once one of the most important cities in Ancient Macedonia founded by and named after Cassander in 316 BC located on the site of the earlier Ancient Greek city of Potidaea...
Tragoedus winner in Soteria (festival)Soteria (festival)The Soteria were ancient festivals held in many Greek cities from the 3rd century BC. They honoured the saviour of a danger and could be dedicated to all the gods or only one . Heroic men regarded as deliverers were sometimes associated to the divinities, e.g. Aratus at Sicyon.The most famous...
272 BC - Ptolemy IV PhilopatorPtolemy IV PhilopatorPtolemy IV Philopator , son of Ptolemy III and Berenice II of Egypt was the fourth Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt...
, wrote a tragedy entitled Adonis, and presumably played the lead. - Hermagoras of AmphipolisHermagoras of AmphipolisHermagoras of Amphipolis was a Stoic philosopher, student of Cypriot Persaeus, in the court of Antigonus II Gonatas. He wrote several dialogues, among them a Misokyōn ; one volume On Misfortunes; Έκχυτος Ekchytos ; On Sophistry addressed to the Academics...
(c. 225 BC), stoic philosopher - Samus (son of Chrysogonus)Samus (son of Chrysogonus)Samus or Samius or Simmias son of Chrysogonus was a Macedonian lyric and epigrammatic poet. He was brought up with Philip V, the son of Demetrius, by whom also he was put to death, but for what reason we are not informed. He therefore flourished at the end of the 3rd century BC...
, (late 3rd c. BC)http://books.google.com/books?tab=sp&sa=N&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Samus+poet+macedonian&um=1&sa=N - CraterusCraterusCraterus was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi.He was the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Alexander from Orestis and brother of admiral Amphoterus. Craterus commanded the phalanx and all infantry on the left wing in Battle of Issus...
of Amphipolis (ca. 100-30 BC) RhapsodeRhapsodeA rhapsode or, in modern usage, rhapsodist, refers to a classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry in the fifth and fourth centuries BC . Rhapsodes notably performed the epics of Homer but also the wisdom and catalogue poetry of Hesiod and the satires of Archilochus and others...
winner in Amphiarian gamesAmphiareion of OroposThe Amphiareion of Oropos , situated in the hills 6 km southeast of the fortified port of Oropos, was a sanctuary dedicated in the late 5th century BCE to the hero Amphiaraos, where pilgrims went to seek oracular responses and healing. It became particularly successful during the 4th century... - Phaedrus of Pieria (c. 15 BC – c. 50 AD) fabulist
- Antipater of ThessalonicaAntipater of ThessalonicaAntipater of Thessalonica was the author of over a hundred epigrams in the Greek Anthology. He is the most copious and perhaps the most interesting of the Augustan epigrammatists...
(late 1st c. BC) epigrammatic poet and governor of the city - Philippus of ThessalonicaPhilippus of ThessalonicaPhilippus of Thessalonica or Philippus Epigrammaticus was the compiler of an Anthology of Epigrammatists subsequent to Meleager of Gadara and is himself the author of 72 epigrams in the Greek Anthology...
(late 1st c. AD) epigrammatic poet and compiler of the Greek AnthologyGreek AnthologyThe Greek Anthology is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature... - Epigonus of ThessalonicaEpigonus of Thessalonica-References:*Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology*Brunck. Anal. vol. iu p. 306 ; Jacobs, vol. iii. p. 19, vol. xiii. p. 889*The Greek Anthology By William Roger Paton Page 139...
- Perses epigrammatist
- Archias, epigrammatist
- AntiphanesAntiphanes of MacedonAntiphanes of Macedon is the author of ten epigrams in Greek Anthology; one of these is headed as Antiphanes of Megalopolis and may be by another poet.-References:...
(late 1st c. AD), epigrammatist - ParmenionParmenion (poet)Parmenion was a Macedonian epigrammatic poet, whose verses were included in the collection of Philip of Thessalonica in Greek Anthology ; whence it is probable that he flourished in, or shortly before, the time of Augustus. Brunck gives fourteen of his epigrams in the Analecta , and one more in the...
(late 1st c. AD), epigrammatist - PolyaenusPolyaenusPolyaenus or Polyenus vs. e]]; , "many proverbs") was a 2nd century Macedonian author, known best for his Stratagems in War , which has been preserved. The Suda calls him a rhetorician, and Polyaenus himself writes that he was accustomed to plead causes before the emperor...
, (2nd c. AD) military writer - Criton of PieriaCriton of PieriaCriton of Pieria , was a 2nd century Greek historian.-Titles of works:*Παλληνικά Pallenica, On Pallene, Chalcidice*Συρακουσῶν κτίσις The foundation of Syracuse...
(2nd c. AD) historian - StobaeusStobaeusJoannes Stobaeus , from Stobi in Macedonia, was the compiler of a valuable series of extracts from Greek authors. The work was originally divided into two volumes containing two books each...
(5th c. AD) anthologist of Greek authors - Macedonius of ThessalonicaMacedonius of ThessalonicaMacedonius of Thessalonica or Macedonius Consul a Byzantine hypatos during the reign of Justinian, is the author of 42 epigrams in the Greek Anthology, the best of which are some delicate and fanciful amatory pieces...
(the Consul), (6th c. AD), epigrammatist of Greek AnthologyGreek AnthologyThe Greek Anthology is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature...
Scientists
- PoseidoniusPoseidonius (mechanician)Poseidonius was a Macedonian military engineer of Alexander the Great.-References:*Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399 Bc-Ad 363 page 6 By Duncan B. Campbell ISBN 1841766054...
, mechanician - Pyrrhus mechanician
- Demetrius I Poliorcetes, mechanician
- Archias of PellaArchias of PellaArchias, son of Anaxidotus from Pella , 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 Tylos...
, geographer under NearchusNearchusNearchus was one of the officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. His celebrated voyage from India to Susa after Alexander's expedition in India is preserved in Arrian's account, the Indica.... - Parmenion (architect)Parmenion (architect)Parmenion was an architect, who was employed by Alexander the Great in the building of Alexandria. He was entrusted with the superintendence of the works of sculpture, especially in the temple of Serapis , which came to be called by his name Parmenionis. Clement of Alexandria, however, ascribes the...
- Patrocles (geographer)Patrocles (geographer)For other uses ,see PatroclesPatrocles was a Macedonian general and writer on geographical subjects. He served Seleucus and Antiochus for several decades. After exploring the Caspian Sea, Patrocles concluded that the Caspian was a gulf or inlet that could be entered from the Indian Ocean...
Artists
- Pamphilus (painter)Pamphilus (painter)Pamphilus of Amphipolis was a Macedonian distinguished painter and head of Sicyonian school. He was the disciple of Eupompus, the founder of the Sicyonian school of painting , for the establishment of which, however, Pamphilus seems to have done much more than even Eupompus himself...
, teacher of ApellesApellesApelles of Kos was a renowned painter of ancient Greece. Pliny the Elder, to whom we owe much of our knowledge of this artist rated him superior to preceding and subsequent artists...
(4th c. BC) - Parmeniskos groupParmeniskos groupParmeniskos group is a conventional term distinguished by V.Grace to describe a type of pottery produced in Macedon during the 3rd century BC.The capital of Pella appears to be the epicenter for this group's production.Amphorae of this type were spread over the northern Aegean, Corinth, Troy and...
potters (3rd c.BC) - AetionAetionAetion was an ancient Greek sculptor of Amphipolis, mentioned by Callimachus and Theocritus, from whom we learn that at the request of Nicias, a famous physician of Miletus, he executed a statue of Asclepius in cedar wood. He flourished about the middle of the 3rd century BC. There was an...
of Amphipolis, sculptor - Erginus (son of Simylus) from Cassandreia citharede winner in Soteria (festival)Soteria (festival)The Soteria were ancient festivals held in many Greek cities from the 3rd century BC. They honoured the saviour of a danger and could be dedicated to all the gods or only one . Heroic men regarded as deliverers were sometimes associated to the divinities, e.g. Aratus at Sicyon.The most famous...
c.260 BC - _ (son of Callistratus) from PhilippiPhilippiPhilippi was a city in eastern Macedonia, established by Philip II in 356 BC and abandoned in the 14th century after the Ottoman conquest...
Dancer winner in Soteria (festival)Soteria (festival)The Soteria were ancient festivals held in many Greek cities from the 3rd century BC. They honoured the saviour of a danger and could be dedicated to all the gods or only one . Heroic men regarded as deliverers were sometimes associated to the divinities, e.g. Aratus at Sicyon.The most famous...
~250 BC - Heraclides (painter)Heraclides (painter)For other uses, see HeraclidesHeraclides or Heracleides was a Macedonian painter, who was at first merely a marine painter of sea and ships, but afterwards acquired some distinction as a painter in encaustic...
(2nd c. BC) marine painter - HerophonHerophon*Herophon son of Anaxagoras was a Macedonian sculptor of 2nd-1st c. BC.He is known from an inscription in Olympia,where he created a sculpture of Zeus for Eleans and other Greeks honouring Rome....
(son of Anaxagoras) (2nd-1st c. BC) sculptor - Evander of BeroeaEvander of BeroeaEvander son of Evander from Beroea was a Roman-era Macedonian sculptor of 1st c.AD. A well-preserved relief of the Flavian period, was signed by him...
1st c. AD sculptor - Adymus of BeroeaAdymus of BeroeaAdymus,Adymos or Hadymos,Hadymus son of Evander was a sculptor of 1st c.AD. His only preserved sculpture has been found in Idomene -References:...
1st c. AD sculptor
TheorodokoiTheorodokoiTheorodokoi in Ancient Greece were sacred envoy-receivers, whose duty was to host and assist the Theoroi "viewers" before Panhellenic Games and Festivals...
- Perdiccas, possibly Perdiccas III of MacedonPerdiccas III of MacedonPerdiccas III was king of Macedonia from 368 to 359 BC, succeeding his brother Alexander II.Son of Amyntas III and Eurydice, he was underage when Alexander II was killed by Ptolemy of Aloros, who then ruled as regent. In 365, Perdiccas killed Ptolemy and assumed government.Of the reign of...
~365-311 BC Epidaurian - Pausanias of KalindoiaKalindoiaKalindoia was an ancient Bottiaean city in Mygdonia .Kalindoia is first reported in the Athenian-Bottiaean alliance of 422 BC and later in the Epidaurian list of Theorodokoi of 360/59 BC. The name of Theodorokos was Pausanias, possibly the same as Pausanias, the pretender to the Macedonian...
, possibly the same as Pausanias the pretender to the Macedonian throne in the 360s BC - Hadymos and Seleukos son of Argaios
Naopoioi
Naopoios (Temple-builder), an elected ArchonArchon
Archon is a Greek word that means "ruler" or "lord", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem ἀρχ-, meaning "to rule", derived from the same root as monarch, hierarchy, and anarchy.- Ancient Greece :In ancient Greece the...
by Hieromnemones
Amphictyonic League
In the Archaic period of ancient Greece, an amphictyony , a "league of neighbors", or Amphictyonic League was an ancient association of Greek tribes formed in the dim past, before the rise of the Greek polis...
, responsible for restoring the temple of Apollo in Delphi
Delphi
Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis.In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god...
- Philippus
- Timanoridas (son of Cordypion) ~361-343 BC
- Leon (son of Hegesander) 331 BC
Women
- Arsinoe of MacedoniaArsinoe of MacedoniaArsinoe of Macedonia was the mother of Ptolemy I Soter , king of Egypt. She was originally a concubine of Philip II, king of Macedon, and it is said she was given by Philip to Lagus, a Macedonian, while she was pregnant with Ptolemy...
mother of Ptolemy I SoterPtolemy I SoterPtolemy I Soter I , also known as Ptolemy Lagides, c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty... - BelisticheBelisticheBilistiche or Belistiche was a Hellenistic courtesan of uncertain origin. According to Pausanias, she was a Macedonian; according to Athenaeus, an Argive; according to Plutarch, a foreign slave bought from the marketplace. She won the tethrippon and synoris horse races in the 264 BC Olympic Games...
olympionice - Cleopatra of Macedon sister of Alexander, wife of Alexander I of EpirusAlexander I of EpirusAlexander I of Epirus , also known as Alexander Molossus , was a king of Epirus of the Aeacid dynasty. As the son of Neoptolemus I and brother of Olympias, he was an uncle of Alexander the Great...
- Cleopatra EurydiceCleopatra Eurydice of MacedonEurydice , born Cleopatra was a mid. 4th century BCE Macedonian noblewoman, niece of Attalus, and 5th wife of Philip II of Macedon.- Biography :...
, niece of Attalus (general)Attalus (general)Attalus , important courtier of Macedonian king Philip II of Macedonia.In 339 BC, Attalus' niece Cleopatra Eurydice married king Philip II of Macedonia. In spring of 336 BC, Philip II appointed Attalus and Parmenion as commanders of the advance force that would invade the Persian Empire in Asia Minor...
, and 5th wife of Philip - CynaneCynaneCynane was half-sister to Alexander the Great, and daughter of Philip II by Audata, an Illyrian princess....
half-sister of Alexander - Eurydice of EgyptEurydice of EgyptEurydice was daughter of Antipater and wife of Ptolemy, the son of Lagus. The period of her marriage is not mentioned by any ancient writer, but it is probable that it took place shortly after the partition of Triparadisus, and the appointment of Antipater to the regency, 321 BC. She was the...
daughter of Antipater and wife of Ptolemy I Soter - Eurydice II of MacedonEurydice II of MacedonEurydice was an ancient Macedonian queen, wife of king Amyntas III of Macedon.She was the daughter of Sirras, an Illyrian noble based in Lyncestis, Upper Macedonia...
mother of Philip - Euridice III Adea, wife of Philip Arrhidaeus
- LanikeLanikeLanike or Lanice , also called Hellanike or Alacrinis, daughter of Dropidas, was the sister of Clitus the Black and the nurse of Alexander the Great...
sister of Clitus the BlackClitus the BlackCleitus the Black was an officer of the Macedonian army led by Alexander the Great. He saved Alexander's life at the Battle of the Granicus and was killed by him in a drunken quarrel several years later...
and the nurse of Alexander - Nicaea of MacedoniaNicaea of MacedoniaFor other uses, see NicaeaNicaea was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and was a daughter of the powerful regent Antipater by unnamed mother...
daughter of Antipater, wife of Lysimachus - NicesipolisNicesipolisNicesipolis or Nicasipolis of Pherae , 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 surviving evidence about her background and life but she is likely to have been of noble Thessalian...
wife of Philip, mother of Thessalonica - OlympiasOlympiasOlympias was a Greek princess of Epirus, daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the fourth wife of the king of Macedonia, Philip II, and mother of Alexander the Great...
mother of Alexander - PhilaPhila of MacedoniaFor other persons named Phila, see PhilaPhila , daughter of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia, is celebrated by the ancient sources as one of the noblest and most virtuous women of the age in which she lived...
, daughter of AntipaterAntipaterAntipater was a Macedonian general and a supporter of kings Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. In 320 BC, he became Regent of all of Alexander's Empire. Antipater was one of the sons of a Macedonian nobleman called Iollas or Iolaus and his family were distant collateral relatives to the...
, wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes and mother of Antigonus II GonatasAntigonus II GonatasAntigonus II Gonatas was a powerful ruler who firmly established the Antigonid dynasty in Macedonia and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had invaded the Balkans.-Birth and family:... - PhilinnaPhilinnaPhilinna or Philine was the name of many Greek females, as, for instance, of the female dancer of Philinna of Larissa in Thessaly, who was the mother of Philip III Arrhidaeus by Philip II. It was also the name of the mother of the poet Theocritus .-References:*Dictionary of Greek and Roman...
of Larissa, wife of Philip, mother of Philip III of MacedonPhilip III of MacedonPhilip III Arrhidaeus was the king of Macedonia from after June 11, 323 BC until his death. He was a son of King Philip II of Macedonia by Philinna of Larissa, allegedly a Thessalian dancer, and a half-brother of Alexander the Great... - Stratonice of MacedoniaStratonice of MacedoniaFor other persons with the same name, see StratoniceStratonice of Macedonia was the daughter of Stratonice of Syria and of the Seleucid king Antiochus I Soter . She was married to Demetrius II , king of Macedonia. Stratonice bore Demetrius II, a daughter called Apama...
wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes - ThessalonicaThessalonica of MacedonThessalonike was a Macedonian princess, the daughter of king Philip II of Macedon by his Thessalian wife or concubine, Nicesipolis, from Pherae. History links her to three of the most powerful men in Macedon—daughter of King Philip II, half sister of Alexander the Great and wife of...
half-sister of Alexander, wife of Cassander - Olympias II of EpirusOlympias II of EpirusOlympias was daughter of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus from his first wife Antigone. She was the wife of her own paternal half-brother Alexander II...
, wife of Alexander II of EpirusAlexander II of EpirusAlexander II 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 begun with Antigonus II Gonatas, whom he succeeded in driving from the kingdom of Macedon...
See also
- List of ancient Macedonians in epigraphy
- List of other Greeks in ancient Macedonia
- Citizens of Macedonia (Roman province)Macedonia (Roman province)The Roman province of Macedonia was officially established in 146 BC, after the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus defeated Andriscus of Macedon, the last Ancient King of Macedon in 148 BC, and after the four client republics established by Rome in the region were dissolved...