This is a list of ancient Macedonians, an ancient Greek tribe inhabiting the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula.
Mythology
Kings
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
Cavalry
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
Navy
Various
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- Craterus (historian) (3rd century BC) anthologist, compiler of historical documents relative to the history of Attica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)[6]
- 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
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
- 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
See also
References
- ^ Elizabeth Donnelly Carney (7 May 2019). Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power. Oxford University Press. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-0-19-028054-3.
- ^ 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