List of ancient Macedonians
This is a list of ancient Macedonians.
- For the Greek people of Macedonia (particularly Greek Macedonia), see Greek Macedonians and List of Greek Macedonians.
Mythology
- Karanus 808-778 BC
- Koinos
- Tyrimmas
- Perdiccas I 700-678 BC
- Argaeus I 678-640 BC
- Philip I 640-602 BC
- Aeropus I 602-576 BC
- Alcetas I 576-547 BC
- Amyntas I 547-498 BC
- Alexander I 498-454 BC
- Perdiccas II 454-413 BC
- Archelaus 413-399 BC
- Craterus 399 BC
- Orestes 399-396 BC
- Archelaus II 396-393 BC
- Amyntus II 393 BC
- Pausanias 393 BC
- Amyntas III 393 BC
- Argaeus II 393-392 BC
- Amyntas III (restored) 392-370 BC
- Alexander II 370-368 BC
- Ptolemy I 368-365 BC
- Perdiccas III 365-359 BC
- Amyntas IV 359-356 BC
- Philip II 359-336 BC
- Alexander III (the Great) 336-323 BC
- Antipater, Regent of Macedon 334-319 BC
- Philip III Arrihadeus 323-316 BC (only titular king)
- Alexander IV 323-310 BC (only titular king)
- Perdiccas, Regent of Macedon 323-321 BC
- Antipater, Regent of Macedon 321-319 BC
- Polyperchon, Regent of Macedon 319-317 BC
- Cassander, Regent of Macedon 317-306 BC
- Lysimachus(360-281) founder of Lysimachian Empire(323-281 BC) (Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia) (succeeded by Antigonids,Attalids and Seleucids)
- Seleucus I Nicator (ca. 358 BC–281 BC) founder of Seleucid Empire and Dynasty(Syria and Asia) (323– 63 BC)
- Ptolemy I Soter (367 BC—283 BC) founder of Ptolemaic Kingdom and Dynasty(Egypt (305 – 30 BC)
Later Dynasties in Asia
- Philetaerus(~343–263 BC) founder of the Attalid dynasty in Pergamon,West Anatolia (281–133 BC)
- Diodotus I (~255 BC) Seleucid, founder of the Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom (250–125 BC)
- Demetrius I the Invincible (~200 BC) founder of Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BC–10 AD)
- Cassander 306-297 BC
- Philip IV 297-296 BC
- Alexander V 296-294 BC
- Antipater II 296-294 BC
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus (Asia Minor)
- Demetrius I Poliorcetes 294-288 BC (Macedon)
- Lysimachus (divided with Pyrrhus of Epirus) 288-281 BC
- Pyrrhus of Epirus (divided with Lysimachus) 288-285 BC
- Ptolemy II Ceraunus 281-279 BC
- Meleager 279 BC
- Antipater Etesias 279 BC
- Sosthenes 279-277 BC
- Antigonus II Gonatas 277-274 BC
- Pyrrhus of Epirus 274-272 BC
- Antigonus II Gonatas 272-239 BC
- Demetrius II Aetolicus 239-229 BC
- Antigonus III Doson 229-221 BC
- Philip V 221-179 BC
- Perseus 179-168 BC
- Pseudo-Philip VI,Andriscus 149 BC-148 BC
Militaries
- 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)
- Aristonous[11]
- Arybbas[12]
- Balacrus
- Demetrius
- Hephaestion
- Leonnatus
- Lysimachus
- Menes (son of Dionysius)
- Pausanias of Orestis Philip's
- Peithon
- Peucestas
- Ptolemaeus
- Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)
- Ptolemy I Soter
- 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 (son of Hermodorus), cavalry of Amphipolis
- Heraclides (son of Antiochus), cavalry of of Bottiaea
- Peroidas (son of Menestheus) cavalry of Anthemus
- Socrates (son of Sathon) cavalry of Apollonia
- Pantordanus (son of Cleander) cavalry of Leugaea
- Hegelochus (son of Hippostratus) , (later Amyntas (son of Arrhabaeus), Protomachus,Aretes) ,Prodromoi ,light cavalry (600 Horses)
- Calas,Alexander of Lyncestis, Philip of Menelaus, 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) 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) 334BC leader of Royal Agema and Hypaspists (succeeded by Neoptolemus (general))
- Alcetas
- Amyntas 334BC
- Antigenes
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus 334BC
- Attalus (general) 334BC
- Attalus(son of Andromenes from Stympha)
- Clitus the White
- Coenus 334BC
- Craterus 334BC
- Gorgias
- Meleager (general) 334BC
- Menander (general) 334BC
- Peithon, son of Agenor
- Perdiccas 334BC
- Philip (son of Amyntas) 334BC
- Philotas (satrap)
- Polyperchon
- Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)
- Ptolemy I Soter 334BC
- Simmias
- Archon of Pella
- Archias of Pella (son of Anaxidotus)
- Aristonous (son of Peisaeus)
- Asclepiodorus
- Craterus
- Demonicus
- Hephaestion
- Leonnatus
- Lysimachus
- Metron
- Mylleas (son of Zoilus)
- Nicarchides
- Ophellas
- Pantauchus
- Peithon
- Perdiccas
- Peucestas
- Ptolemy I Soter
- Timanthes
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
- Tlepolemus (son of Pythophanes)
Civilization
Athletes
- Alexander I of Macedon 504 or 500 BC[1] Stadion 2th Olympics [2]
- ca. 430-420 BC Argive Heraean games[3]
- 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[4]
- 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[5]
- Criton or Cliton[6] 328 BC Stadion Olympics
- Damasias of Amphipolis 320 BC Stadion Olympics[7]
- 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[8]
- Bubalus of Cassandreia Βούβαλος 304 BC keles(horse) flat race Lykaia
- Lampos of Philippi 304 BC Tethrippon Olympics[9]
- Antigonus 292 and 288 BC Stadion Olympics[10]
- Seleucus 268 BC Stadion Olympics[11]
- Belistiche 264 BC Tethrippon and Synoris Olympics
- Apollodorus (runner) 1st c.BC Olympics
Horse race Olympic Victors as recorded
in recent discovered epigrams of Posidippus of Pella (~3th c. BC)[12]
- 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 (ca. 450 BC) epigrammatic poet
- Antipater (ca. 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 c. BC) historian On the Gods in Egypt
- Adrastus of Philippi,peripatetic philosopher
- Marsyas of Pella (356- 294) historian
- Marsyas of Philippi (3th c. BC) historian
- Hippolochus (early 3rd c. BC) description of a Macedonian wedding feast
- Poseidippus of Cassandreia (~288 BC) comic poet
- Posidippus of Pella (c. 280 BC – 240 BC) epigrammatic poet
- Amerias(3th c. BC) lexicographer
- Craterus (3th c. BC) anthologist, compiler of historical documents relative to the history of Attica
- Oeciades (son of Nicander) from Cassandreia Tragoedus winner in Soteria (festival) 272 BC[13]
- Ptolemy IV Philopator ,wrote a tragedy entitled Adonis, and presumably played the lead.
- Hermagoras of Amphipolis (c. 225 BC), stoic philosopher
- Samus of Chrysogonus, (late 3th c. BC)[15]
- Craterus of Amphipolis (ca. 100-30 BC) Rhapsode winner in Amphiarian games[14]
- Phaedrus of Pieria (c. 15 BC – c. 50 AD) fabulist
- Antipater of Thessalonica (late 1th c. BC) epigrammatic poet and governor of the city
- Philippus of Thessalonica (late 1th c. AD) epigrammatic poet and compiler of the Greek Anthology
- Epigonus of Thessalonica[16]
- Perses epigrammatic
- Archias, epigrammatic
- Antiphanes (late 1th c. AD), epigrammatic
- Parmenion (late 1th c. AD), epigrammatic
- Polyaenus, (2th c. AD) military writer
- Criton of Pieria (2th c. AD) historian
- Stobaeus (5th c. AD) anthologist of Greek authors
- Macedonius of Thessalonica (the Consul), (6th c. AD), epigrammatist of Greek Anthology
Scientists
- Poseidonius, mechanician[15]
- Pyrrhus[16] ,mechanician
- Demetrius I Poliorcetes ,mechanician [17]
- Archias of Pella,geographer under Nearchus
- Parmenion, mathematician,architect[18]
- Patrocles, geographer[19]
Artists
- Pamphilus of Amphipolis painter ,teacher of Apelles (4th c.BC)
- Parmeniskos group potters (3th c.BC)
- Aetion of Amphipolis, sculptor
- Erginus (son of Simylus) from Cassandreia Kitharode winner in Soteria (festival) c.260 BC[17]
- _ (son of Callistratus) from Philippi Dancer winner in Soteria (festival) ~250 BC[18]
- Heraclides (painter) (2th c. BC) marine painter
- Herophon (son of Anaxagoras) (2th-1th c. BC) sculptor[19]
- Evander of Beroea 1th c. BC sculptor, father[20]
- Adymus of Beroea 1rd c. AD sculptor, son[21]
Priests
Theorodokoi
Theorodokos [22],a citizen elected to act as official host to assist the theoroi [23] (sacred envoys)
- Perdiccas ~365-311 BC Epidaurian[24] [25]
Naopoioi
Naopoios (Temple-builder),an elected Archon by Hieromnemones ,responsible for restoring the temple of Apollo in Delphi
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
See also
References
- ^ 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-Epigraphy
- ^ Aspects of Ancient Macedonian Costume[2]-Μακεδόνες και Παναθήναια [3],[4] -Epigraphical Database[5][6]
- ^ Boeotia — Amphiareion- Epigraphical Database,10
- ^ The Oxyrhynchus Papyri[7]
- ^ Oxyrhyncus Chronicle- Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History -Paul Christesen
- ^ Arkadia — Lykaion — Epigraphical Database
- ^ Pausanias a Guide to Greece [8]
- ^ http://www.attalus.org/bc3/year292.html http://www.attalus.org/bc3/year288.html
- ^ http://www.attalus.org/bc3/year268.html
- ^ Posidippus, Epigrams www.chs.harvard.edu
- ^ Phokis — Delphi Epigraphical Database
- ^ Boiotia — Oropos: Amphiareion — ca. 80-50 BC Epigraphical Database
- ^ Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399 Bc-Ad 363 By Duncan B. Campbell[9]
- ^ Athenaeus Mechanicus, by David Whitehead, P. H. Blyth[10]
- ^ Phokis — Delphi Epigraphical Database
- ^ Phokis — Delphi Epigraphical Database
- ^ Elis — Olympia Epigraphical Database
- ^ http://www.ipet.gr/___Epigraphical Database
- ^ http://www.ipet.gr/___Epigraphical Database
- ^ Theorodokoi-An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman Hansen, Thomas Heine Nielsenperson
- ^ http://www.hellenion.org -The Role of Theoroi
- ^ Epidauros — ca. 365-311 BC Epigraphical Database
- ^ Martial, Buch VI: Ein Kommentar by Farouk Grewing
- ^ Phokis — Delphi — stoichedon(74) — Epigraphical Database
- ^ Phokis — Delphi — stoichedon(29-30) — Epigraphical Database