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Mythology
2
Kings
3
Military personnel
ction
3.1
High generals
3.1.1
Somatophylakes
3.2
Cavalry
3.2.1
Hipparchoi
3.3
Infantry
3.3.1
Taxiarchs of Pezhetairoi
3.4
Navy
3.4.1
Navarchoi
3.4.1.1
Trierarchs of Nearchus
3.5
Various
4
Civilization
4.1
Athletes
4.2
Writers
4.3
Scientists
4.4
Artists
4.5
Priests
4.6
Theorodokoi
4.7
Naopoioi
4.8
Women
5
See also
6
References
List of ancient Macedonians
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of ancient Macedonians, an ancient Greek tribe inhabiting the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula.
Mythology[edit]
Military personnel[edit]
High generals[edit]
Cavalry[edit]
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Philotas (after 330 BC, Cleitus the Black, Coenus, Hephaestion, Craterus, Perdiccas, Cleitus the White) leaders of Hetairoi (1800 horses)
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Cleitus the Black, Royal cavalry
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Sopolis, cavalry of Amphipolis
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Heraclides (son of Antiochus), cavalry of Bottiaea
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Peroidas cavalry of Anthemus
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Socrates cavalry of Apollonia
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Pantordanus cavalry of Leugaea
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Hegelochus, (later Amyntas (son of Arrhabaeus), Protomachus, Aretes), Prodromoi, light cavalry (600 horses)
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Calas, Alexander of Lyncestis, Philip, Polydamas, Parmenion–Thessalian cavalry (1800 horses)
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Philip (son of Menelaus) (after 331 BC, Erigyius), other allied Greeks (600 horses)
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Agathon (son of Tyrimmas), (later Ariston of Paionia) 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[edit]
Various[edit]
Civilization[edit]
Athletes[edit]
Horse race Olympic Victors as recorded
in recent discovered epigrams of Posidippus of Pella (c. 3rd century BC)[10]
Writers[edit]
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Adaios (c. 450 BC) epigrammatic poet
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Antipater (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 (356–323 BC) epistolist, rhetor quotes
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Alexarchus, scholar, conlanger
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Leon of Pella (4th-century BC) historian On the Gods in Egypt
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Marsyas of Pella (356–294) historian
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Marsyas of Philippi (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 (c. 288 BC) comic poet
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Poseidippus of Pella (c. 280 BC–240 BC) epigrammatic poet
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Amerias (3rd century BC) lexicographer
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Craterus (historian) (3rd century BC) anthologist, compiler of historical documents relative to the history of Attica
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Oikiades (son of Nikandros) from Cassandreia Tragoedus winner in Soteria (festival) 272 BC[11]
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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 BC)[6]
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Craterus of Amphipolis (c. 100–30 BC) Rhapsode winner in Amphiarian games[12]
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Phaedrus of Pieria (c. 15 BC–c. 50 AD) fabulist
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Antipater of Thessalonica (late 1st century BC) epigrammatic poet and governor of the city
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Philippus of Thessalonica (late 1st century AD) epigrammatic poet and compiler of the Greek Anthology
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Epigonus of Thessalonica
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Perses epigrammatist
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Archias, epigrammatist
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Antiphanes (late 1st century AD), epigrammatist
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Parmenion (late 1st century AD), epigrammatist
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Polyaenus, (2nd century AD) military writer
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Criton of Pieria (2nd century AD) historian
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Stobaeus (5th century AD) anthologist of Greek authors
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Macedonius of Thessalonica (the Consul), (6th century AD), epigrammatist of Greek Anthology
Scientists[edit]
Artists[edit]
Priests[edit]
Naopoioi[edit]
Naopoios (Temple-builder), an elected ArchonbyHieromnemones, responsible for restoring the temple of Apollo in Delphi
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Philippus Φίλιππος Μακεδών
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Timanoridas (son of Cordypion) Τιμανορίδας Κορδυπίωνος Μακεδών c. 361–343 BC[19]
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Leon (son of Hegesander) Λέων Ἡγησάνδρου Μακεδών 331 BC[20]
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Arsinoe of Macedonia mother of Ptolemy I Soter
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Belistiche olympionice
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Cleopatra of Macedon sister of Alexander, wife of Alexander I of Epirus
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Cleopatra Eurydice, niece of Attalus (general), and 5th wife of Philip
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Cynane half-sister of Alexander
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Eurydice of Egypt daughter of Antipater and wife of Ptolemy I Soter
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Eurydice II of Macedon mother of Philip
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Euridice III Adea, wife of Philip Arrhidaeus
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Lanike sister of Clitus the Black and the nurse of Alexander
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Nicaea of Macedonia daughter of Antipater, wife of Lysimachus
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Nicesipolis wife of Philip, mother of Thessalonica
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Olympias mother of Alexander
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Phila, daughter of Antipater, wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes and mother of Antigonus II Gonatas
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Philinna of Larissa, wife of Philip, mother of Philip III of Macedon
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Stratonice of Macedonia wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes
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Thessalonica half-sister of Alexander, wife of Cassander
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Olympias II of Epirus, wife of Alexander II of Epirus
See also[edit]
References[edit]
^ A History of Macedonia. Volume 2 Review: John Cole
^ Justin
– 7.2.14. (He contended for the prize in various species of exercises at the Olympics)
^ Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry [1] by Simon Hornblower – SEG 30:648
^ Aspects of Ancient Macedonian Costume [2]-Μακεδόνες και Παναθήναια [3][permanent dead link], [4] -Epigraphical Database SEG 49:842, SEG 45:801
^ Boeotia — Amphiareion- Epigr. tou Oropou 520.10
^ a b c d Chronicon (Eusebius)
^ Arkadia — Lykaion — IG V,2 550.17
^ Pausanias a Guide to Greece
[5]
^ Posidippus, Epigrams www.chs.harvard.edu
^ Phokis — Delphi Syll.³ 424.42
^ Boiotia — Oropos: Amphiareion — c. 80–50 BC Epigr. tou Oropou 528.12
^ Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399 Bc-Ad 363 By Duncan B. Campbell
^ Phokis — Delphi FD III 1:477.13
^ Phokis — Delphi BCH 1928:259.26
^ Epidauros — c. 365–311 BC IG IV²,1 94 frg b.col I.1 -9
^
Martial, Buch VI: Ein Kommentar by Farouk Grewing
^ Macedonian Institutions Under the Kings
Page 211 By Miltiadēs V. Chatzopoulos ISBN 960-7094-89-1
^ Phokis — Delphi — stoichedon — FD III 5:19.74
^ Phokis — Delphi — stoichedon — FD III 5:58.29-30
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