List of ancient Macedonians

Mythology

• Makednos

Kings

Main article: List of kings of Macedonia

Military personnel

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

Cavalry

[[Hipparchos (cavalry officer)|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

Infantry

[[Taxiarch]]s 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

Navy

[[Navarch]]oi

• Proteas
• Hegelochus
• Amphoterus
• Nearchus

[[Trierarch]]s 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
• Attinas, phrourarch in Bactria
• 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
• Onesilus (son of Python)
• Onomastus of Macedon
• Philip of Acarnania
• Philip (son of Antigonus)
• Philip (son of Antipater)
• Philip (son of Machatas)
• Philoxenus (general)
• Polemon (general) son of Andromenes
• Ptolemy (general) nephew of Antigonus
• Sirras, of possible Lyncestian or Upper Macedonian origin, father of Eurydice of Macedon
• Teutamus
• Tlepolemus (son of Pythophanes)

Civilization

Athletes

• Alexander I of Macedon 504 or 500 BC Stadion 2nd OlympicsJustin – . (He contended for the prize in various species of exercises at the 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 OlympicsPausanias a Guide to Greece https://books.google.com/books?id=1eloxV725HoC&pg=RA1-PA297&dq=Lampos+of+Philippi&sig=k3uI5XGoC5latU3b0AjYLdccti0
• 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)https://books.google.com/books?tab=sp&sa=N&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Samus+poet+macedonian&um=1&sa=N
• 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 Martial, Buch VI: Ein Kommentar by Farouk Grewing
• Pausanias of Kalindoia, possibly the same as Pausanias the pretender to the Macedonian throne in the 360s BC
• Hadymos and Seleukos son of ArgaiosMacedonian Institutions Under the Kings Page 211 By Miltiadēs V. Chatzopoulos

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 I of Macedon mother of Philip II
• Eurydice II of Macedon wife of Phillip III
• Eurydice III of Macedon 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

References

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