List of ancient Macedonians – Wikipedia

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

Mythology[edit]

Military personnel[edit]

High generals[edit]

Somatophylakes[edit]

Cavalry[edit]

Hipparchoi[edit]

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[edit]

Taxiarchs of Pezhetairoi[edit]

Navy[edit]

Navarchoi[edit]

Trierarchs of Nearchus[edit]

Various[edit]

Civilization[edit]

Athletes[edit]

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

Writers[edit]

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Craterus (historian) (3rd century BC) anthologist, compiler of historical documents relative to the history of Attica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[edit]

Artists[edit]

Priests[edit]

Theorodokoi[edit]

Naopoioi[edit]

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[edit]

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