List of ancient Macedonians

This is a list of ancient Macedonians, an ancient Greek tribe inhabiting the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula.

Mythology

Military personnel

High generals

Somatophylakes

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
Trierarchs of Nearchus

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 (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[1]
  • Teutamus
  • Tlepolemus (son of Pythophanes)

Civilization

Athletes

Horse race Olympic Victors as recorded in recent discovered epigrams of Posidippus of Pella (c. 3rd century BC)[10]

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[11]
  • 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)
  • Craterus of Amphipolis (c. 100–30 BC) Rhapsode winner in Amphiarian games[12]
  • 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

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[14]
  • _ (son of Callistratus) from Philippi Dancer winner in Soteria (festival) c. 250 BC[15]
  • 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

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[19]
  • Leon (son of Hegesander) Λέων Ἡγησάνδρου Μακεδών 331 BC[20]

Women

See also
  • List of ancient Macedonians in epigraphy

References
  1. Elizabeth Donnelly Carney (7 May 2019). Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power. Oxford University Press. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-0-19-028054-3.
  2. A History of Macedonia. Volume 2 Review: John Cole
  3. Justin – 7.2.14. (He contended for the prize in various species of exercises at the Olympics)
  4. Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry by Simon Hornblower – SEG 30:648
  5. Aspects of Ancient Macedonian Costume -Μακεδόνες και Παναθήναια , -Epigraphical Database SEG 49:842, SEG 45:801
  6. Boeotia — Amphiareion- Epigr. tou Oropou 520.10
  7. Chronicon (Eusebius)
  8. Arkadia — Lykaion — IG V,2 550.17
  9. Pausanias a Guide to Greece
  10. Posidippus, Epigrams www.chs.harvard.edu
  11. Phokis — Delphi Syll.³ 424.42
  12. Boiotia — Oropos: Amphiareion — c. 80–50 BC Epigr. tou Oropou 528.12
  13. Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399 Bc-Ad 363 By Duncan B. Campbell
  14. Phokis — Delphi FD III 1:477.13
  15. Phokis — Delphi BCH 1928:259.26
  16. Epidauros — c. 365–311 BC IG IV²,1 94 frg b.col I.1 -9
  17. Martial, Buch VI: Ein Kommentar by Farouk Grewing
  18. Macedonian Institutions Under the Kings Page 211 By Miltiadēs V. Chatzopoulos ISBN 960-7094-89-1
  19. Phokis — Delphi — stoichedon — FD III 5:19.74
  20. Phokis — Delphi — stoichedon — FD III 5:58.29-30
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