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List of ancient Macedonians

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This is a list of the Ancient Macedonians of Greece (Greek: Μακεδόνες, Makedónes).

Contents

Mythology

  • Makednos
  • Argead Dynasty

  • Karanus Κάρανος 808–778 BC
  • Koinos Κοινός 778–750 BC
  • Tyrimmas Τυρίμμας 750-700 BC
  • Perdiccas I Περδίκκας Αʹ 700–678 BC
  • Argaeus I Ἀργαῖος Αʹ 678–640 BC
  • Philip I Φίλιππος Αʹ 640–602 BC
  • Aeropus I Ἀέροπος Αʹ 602–576 BC
  • Alcetas I Ἀλκέτας Αʹ 576–547 BC
  • Amyntas I Ἀμύντας Αʹ 547–498 BC
  • Alexander I Ἀλέξανδρος Αʹ 498–454 BC
  • Alcetas II Ἀλκέτας Βʹ 454–448 BC
  • Perdiccas II Περδίκκας Βʹ 448–413 BC
  • Archelaus Ἀρχέλαος Αʹ 413–399 BC
  • Craterus Κρατερός 399 BC
  • Orestes Ὀρέστης and Aeropus II Ἀέροπος Βʹ 399–396 BC
  • Archelaus II Ἀρχέλαος Βʹ 396–393 BC
  • Amyntas II Ἀμύντας Βʹ 393 BC
  • Pausanias Παυσανίας 393 BC
  • Amyntas III Ἀμύντας Γʹ 393 BC
  • Argaeus II Ἀργαῖος Βʹ 393–392 BC
  • Amyntas III Ἀμύντας Γʹ 392–370 BC
  • Alexander II Ἀλέξανδρος Βʹ 370–368 BC
  • Perdiccas III Περδίκκας Γʹ 368–359 BC
  • Ptolemy of Aloros Πτολεμαῖος Αʹ, Regent of Macedon 368–365 BC
  • Amyntas IV Ἀμύντας Δʹ 359–356 BC
  • Philip II Φίλιππος Βʹ 359–336 BC
  • Alexander III, the Great Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας 336–323 BC
  • Antipater Ἀντίπατρος, Regent of Macedon 334–323 BC
  • Philip III Arrhidaeus Φίλιππος Γʹ 323–317 BC and Alexander IV Ἀλέξανδρος Δʹ 323–310 BC
  • Perdiccas Περδίκκας, Regent of the Macedon Empire 323–321 BC
  • Antipater Ἀντίπατρος, Regent of the Macedon Empire 321–319 BC
  • Polyperchon Πολυπέρχων, Regent of the Macedon Empire 319–317 BC
  • Cassander Κάσανδρος, Regent of Macedon 317–305 BC
  • Antipatrid Dynasty

  • Cassander Κάσανδρος 305–297 BC
  • Philip IV Φίλιππος Δʹ 297 BC
  • Alexander V Αλέξανδρος Ε' and Antipater II Αντίπατρος Β' 297–294 BC
  • Antigonid Dynasty

  • Demetrius I Poliorcetes Δημήτριος ο Πολιορκητής 306–286 BC
  • Non-Dynastic Kings

  • Lysimachus Λυσίμαχος 286–281 BC and Pyrrhus of Epirus Πύρρος της Ηπείρου 286–285 BC
  • Ptolemy Keraunos Πτολεμαίος Κεραυνός 281–279 BC
  • Meleager Μελέαγρος 279 BC
  • Antipatrid Dynasty

  • Antipater Etesias Ἀντίπατρος Ετησίας 279 BC
  • Sosthenes Σωσθένης 279–276 BC
  • Antigonid Dynasty

  • Antigonus II Gonatas Αντίγονος Β' Γονατάς 276–274 BC
  • Non-Dynastic Kings

  • Pyrrhus of Epirus Πύρρος της Ηπείρου 274–272 BC
  • Antigonid Dynasty

  • Antigonus II Gonatas Αντίγονος Β' Γονατάς 272–239 BC
  • Demetrius II Aetolicus Δημήτριος Β' Αιτωλικός 239–229 BC
  • Antigonus III Doson Αντίγονος Γ' 229–221 BC
  • Philip V Φίλιππος Ε' 221–179 BC
  • Perseus Περσέας 179–167 BC
  • Non-Dynastic Kings

  • Andriscus (or Pseudo-Philip VI) Ἀνδρίσκος 150-148 BC
  • Pseudo-Alexander, 148 BC
  • Pseudo-Philip VII or Pseudo-Perseus, 143/142 BC
  • High generals

  • Parmenion – Strategos of Philip and Alexander and commander of pharsalian squadron
  • Attalus strategos of Philip and early taxiarch of Alexander
  • Hephaestion – Chiliarch (after 327 BC)
  • Perdiccas – Chiliarch (after 324 BC)
  • Seleucus I Nicator – Chiliarch (after 323 BC)
  • Somatophylakes

  • Aristonous of Pella
  • Arybbas (somatophylax)
  • Balacrus
  • Demetrius (somatophylax)
  • Hephaestion
  • Leonnatus
  • Lysimachus
  • Menes of Pella
  • Pausanias of Orestis Philip's
  • Peithon
  • Peucestas
  • Ptolemy (somatophylax)
  • Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)
  • Ptolemy I Soter
  • Hipparchoi

  • Philotas (after 330 BC, Cleitus the Black, Coenus, Hephaestion, Craterus, Perdiccas, Cleitus the White) leaders of Hetairoi (1800 horses)
  • Cleitus the Black, Royal cavalry
  • Sopolis, cavalry of Amphipolis
  • Heraclides (son of Antiochus), cavalry of Bottiaea
  • Peroidas cavalry of Anthemus
  • Socrates cavalry of Apollonia
  • Pantordanus cavalry of Leugaea
  • Hegelochus, (later Amyntas (son of Arrhabaeus), Protomachus, Aretes), Prodromoi, light cavalry (600 horses)
  • Calas, Alexander of Lyncestis, Philip, Polydamas, Parmenion–Thessalian cavalry (1800 horses)
  • Philip (son of Menelaus) (after 331 BC, Erigyius), other allied Greeks (600 horses)
  • Agathon (son of Tyrimmas), (later Ariston of Paionia) Thracian cavalry (900 horses) *Total: 5700 horses in 333 BC
  • Demetrius (son of Althaemenes), Glaucias, Meleager, mentioned in the Battle of Gaugamela
  • Taxiarchs of Pezhetairoi

  • Nicanor (son of Parmenion) 334 BC leader of Royal Agema and Hypaspists (succeeded by Neoptolemus (general))
  • Alcetas
  • Amyntas 334 BC
  • Antigenes
  • Antigonus I Monophthalmus 334 BC
  • Attalus (general) 334 BC
  • Attalus (son of Andromenes from Stympha)
  • Clitus the White
  • Coenus 334 BC
  • Craterus 334 BC
  • Gorgias
  • Meleager (general) 334 BC
  • Menander (general) 334 BC
  • Peithon, son of Agenor
  • Perdiccas 334 BC
  • Philip (son of Amyntas) 334 BC
  • Philotas (satrap)
  • Polyperchon
  • Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)
  • Ptolemy I Soter 334 BC
  • Simmias
  • Proteas
  • Hegelochus
  • Amphoterus
  • Nearchus
  • Trierarchs of Nearchus
  • Archon of Pella
  • Archias of Pella
  • Aristonous of Pella
  • Asclepiodorus
  • Craterus
  • Demonicus of Pella
  • Hephaestion
  • Leonnatus
  • Lysimachus
  • Metron
  • Mylleas
  • Nicarchides
  • Ophellas
  • Pantauchus
  • Peithon
  • Perdiccas
  • Peucestas
  • Ptolemy I Soter
  • Timanthes of Pella
  • Various

  • Agathon brother of Parmenion
  • Arrhidaeus
  • Asander
  • Caranus hetairos
  • Coragus
  • Derdas
  • Eudemus (general)
  • Harpalus
  • Iollas
  • Lagus
  • Menedemus (general)
  • Menelaus (son of Lagus)
  • Nicanor (Antipatrid general)
  • Nicanor (father of Balacrus)
  • Nicanor (Ptolemaic general)
  • Nicanor the Elephant
  • Philip (son of Antigonus)
  • Philip (son of Antipater)
  • Philip (son of Machatas)
  • Philoxenus (general)
  • Polemon (general) son of Andromenes
  • Ptolemy (general) nephew of Antigonus
  • Teutamus
  • Tlepolemus (son of Pythophanes)
  • Athletes

  • Alexander I of Macedon 504 or 500 BC Stadion 2nd Olympics
  • c. 430–420 BC Argive Heraean games
  • Archelaos Perdikas 408 BC Tethrippon in Olympic and Pythian Games
  • Philip II of Macedon (Thrice Olympic Winner), 356 BC Horse Race, 352 BC Tethrippon, 348 BC two-colt chariot, Synoris
  • 344 BC Tethrippon Panathenaics
  • Archon of Pella 334-332 BC Horse race Isthmian and Pythian Games
  • Antigonus (son of Callas) 332-331 BC Hoplitodromos Heraclean games in Tyrus, after the Conquest of the city
  • Malacus Μάλακος 329/328 BC Dolichos Amphiarian games
  • Criton or Cliton 328 BC Stadion Olympics
  • Damasias of Amphipolis 320 BC Stadion Olympics
  • Lagus (son of Ptolemeus) Λᾶγος 308 BC Synoris Arcadian Lykaia
  • Epaenetus (son of Silanus) Ἐπαίνετος 308 BC Tethrippon Lykaia
  • Heraclitus Ἡράκλειτος 304 BC stadion Lykaia
  • Bubalus of Cassandreia Βούβαλος 304 BC keles (horse) flat race Lykaia
  • Lampos of Philippi 304 BC Tethrippon Olympics
  • Antigonus 292 and 288 BC Stadion Olympics
  • Seleucus 268 BC Stadion Olympics
  • Belistiche 264 BC Tethrippon and Synoris Olympics
  • Apollodorus (runner) (1st century BC) Olympics
  • Horse race Olympic Victors as recorded in recent discovered epigrams of Posidippus of Pella (c. 3rd century BC)

  • Ptolemy I Soter
  • Ptolemy II Philadelphus
  • Arsinoe I
  • Arsinoe II
  • Berenice Phernophorus
  • Berenice II
  • Cleopatra II
  • Etearchus Ἐτέαρχος
  • Molycus Μόλυκος
  • Plangon Πλαγγών woman
  • Trygaios Τρυγαῖος
  • Writers

  • Adaios (c. 450 BC) epigrammatic poet
  • Antipater (c. 397 BC — 319 BC) Illyrian Wars
  • Ptolemy I Soter (367 BC—283 BC) patron of letters, historian of Alexander's campaign
  • Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) epistolist, rhetor quotes
  • Alexarchus, scholar, conlanger
  • Leon of Pella (4th-century BC) historian On the Gods in Egypt
  • Marsyas of Pella (356- 294) historian
  • Marsyas of Philippi (3rd century BC) historian
  • Hippolochus (early 3rd century BC) description of a Macedonian wedding feast
  • Poseidippus of Cassandreia (c. 288 BC) comic poet
  • Poseidippus of Pella (c. 280 BC – 240 BC) epigrammatic poet
  • Amerias (3rd century BC) lexicographer
  • Craterus (historian) (3rd century BC) anthologist, compiler of historical documents relative to the history of Attica
  • Oikiades (son of Nikandros) from Cassandreia Tragoedus winner in Soteria (festival) 272 BC
  • Ptolemy IV Philopator, wrote a tragedy entitled Adonis, and presumably played the lead.
  • Hermagoras of Amphipolis (c. 225 BC), stoic philosopher
  • Samus (son of Chrysogonus), (late 3rd century BC)[6]
  • Craterus of Amphipolis (c. 100-30 BC) Rhapsode winner in Amphiarian games
  • Phaedrus of Pieria (c. 15 BC – c. 50 AD) fabulist
  • Antipater of Thessalonica (late 1st century BC) epigrammatic poet and governor of the city
  • Philippus of Thessalonica (late 1st century AD) epigrammatic poet and compiler of the Greek Anthology
  • Epigonus of Thessalonica
  • Perses epigrammatist
  • Archias, epigrammatist
  • Antiphanes (late 1st century AD), epigrammatist
  • Parmenion (late 1st century AD), epigrammatist
  • Polyaenus, (2nd century AD) military writer
  • Criton of Pieria (2nd century AD) historian
  • Stobaeus (5th century AD) anthologist of Greek authors
  • Macedonius of Thessalonica (the Consul), (6th century AD), epigrammatist of Greek Anthology
  • Scientists

  • Poseidonius, mechanician
  • Pyrrhus mechanician
  • Demetrius I Poliorcetes, mechanician
  • Archias of Pella, geographer under Nearchus
  • Parmenion (architect)
  • Patrocles (geographer)
  • Artists

  • Pamphilus (painter), teacher of Apelles (4th century BC)
  • Parmeniskos group potters (3rd century BC)
  • Aetion of Amphipolis, sculptor
  • Erginus (son of Simylus) from Cassandreia citharede winner in Soteria (festival) c. 260 BC
  • _ (son of Callistratus) from Philippi Dancer winner in Soteria (festival) c. 250 BC
  • Heraclides (painter) (2nd century BC) marine painter
  • Herophon (son of Anaxagoras) (2nd–1st centuries BC) sculptor
  • Evander of Beroea (1st century AD) sculptor
  • Adymus of Beroea (1st century AD) sculptor
  • Priests

  • Menelaus (son of Lagus)
  • Agathanor
  • Theorodokoi

  • Perdiccas, possibly Perdiccas III of Macedon c. 365–311 BC Epidaurian
  • Pausanias of Kalindoia, 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 Archon by Hieromnemones, responsible for restoring the temple of Apollo in Delphi

  • Philippus Φίλιππος Μακεδών
  • Timanoridas (son of Cordypion) Τιμανορίδας Κορδυπίωνος Μακεδών c. 361–343 BC
  • Leon (son of Hegesander) Λέων Ἡγησάνδρου Μακεδών 331 BC
  • Women

  • Arsinoe of Macedonia mother of Ptolemy I Soter
  • Belistiche olympionice
  • Cleopatra of Macedon sister of Alexander, wife of Alexander I of Epirus
  • Cleopatra Eurydice, niece of Attalus (general), and 5th wife of Philip
  • Cynane half-sister of Alexander
  • Eurydice of Egypt daughter of Antipater and wife of Ptolemy I Soter
  • Eurydice II of Macedon mother of Philip
  • Euridice III Adea, wife of Philip Arrhidaeus
  • Lanike sister of Clitus the Black and the nurse of Alexander
  • Nicaea of Macedonia daughter of Antipater, wife of Lysimachus
  • Nicesipolis wife of Philip, mother of Thessalonica
  • Olympias mother of Alexander
  • Phila, daughter of Antipater, wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes and mother of Antigonus II Gonatas
  • Philinna of Larissa, wife of Philip, mother of Philip III of Macedon
  • Stratonice of Macedonia wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes
  • Thessalonica half-sister of Alexander, wife of Cassander
  • Olympias II of Epirus, wife of Alexander II of Epirus
  • References

    List of ancient Macedonians Wikipedia