List of other Greeks in ancient Macedonia

This is a list of other Greeks in ancient Macedonian region and Kingdom.For ancient Macedonians see List of ancient Macedonians

Macedonia (region)*ancient west Thrace

Central Macedonia

Chalcidice

Cities

  • Acanthus
  • Acrothoi
  • Aege
  • Alapta
  • Aphytis
  • Apollonia (Chalcidice)
  • Charadrus
  • Cleonae (Chalcidice)
  • Galepsus
  • Mekyberna
  • Mende
  • Neapolis, Chalcidice
  • Olophyxus
  • Olynthus
  • Polichne
  • Potidaea
  • Scione
  • Scolus
  • Sermylia
  • Stageira
  • Spartolus
  • Thyssus
  • Torone
  • Citizens
  • Scyllis of Scione 5th swimmer,diver
  • Hydna of Scione 5th swimmer,diver
  • Paeonius of Mende (late 5th c. BC) sculptor
  • Philippus of Mende,student of Plato,astronomer
  • Sthennis of Olynthus 4th c.BC sculptor
  • Nicomachus (father of Aristotle)
  • Aristobulus of Cassandreia (375 - 301 BC) historian
  • Aristotle (384 BC in Stageira-322 BC) philosopher
  • Callisthenes (360-328 BC) historian
  • Crates of Olynthus ,Alexander's hydraulic engineer
  • Andronicus the Olynthian (c.370 BC) Phrourarchus of Tyre,one of the four generals appointed by Antigonus to form the military council of the young Demetrius.
  • Hipparchus of Stageira disciple of Aristotle, who mentions him in his will.
  • Euphantus of Olynthus ,philosopher,poet
  • Ephippus of Olynthus ,historian
  • Hegesippus of Mecyberna, historian 4th or 3rd c.BC
  • Nicomedes of Acanthus1

Mygdonia

  • Aineia
  • Arethusa
  • Dicaea
  • Therme

Pieria

  • Pydna
  • Methone

East Macedonia

Cities

  • Amphipolis
  • Crenides
  • Apollonia (Pirgos Apollonias)
  • Eion2
  • Argilos
  • Tragilos
  • Oisyme
  • Neapolis
  • Citizens
  • Pamphilus of Amphipolis,painter,head of sicyonian school3 and teacher of Apelles
  • Demetrius of Amphipolis student of Plato
  • Zoilus (400 BC-320 BC) grammarian, cynic philosopher
  • Antiphanes of Berge (modern Vergi in Serres Prefecture) author of the book Apista(Unbelievable)
  • Philippus of Amphipolis,historian
  • Nymphodorus of Amphipolis,historian on Asia
  • Asclepiades of Tragilos mythographer,student of Isocrates

Thasos

  • Telesicles ~700 BC ,father of poet Archilochus
  • Thrasyalces pre-socratic philosopher
  • Stesimbrotus of Thasos 5th c.BC rhapsodist and historian
  • Aglaophon (6-5th c.BC) painter,teacher and father of Polygnotus and Aristophon4
  • Polygnotus (middle of 5th c.BC) painter
  • Neseus of Thasos ,painter
  • Theagenes Olympic Athlete Boxer(480 BC),Pankratiast(476 BC) & Runner5
  • Hegemon of Thasos comedian,inventor of parody
  • Hegetorides pacifist
  • Leodamas ,pythagorean mathematician
  • Hecataeus of Thasos epigrammatic

Macedonian Kingdom

700-360 BC

  • Hesiod 700 BC on Makednos
  • Peisistratos (Athens)607 BC-528 alliance with Amyntas I of Macedon
  • Hellanicus of Lesbos on Makednos
  • Pindar on Alexander I of Macedon
  • Bacchylides on Alexander I of Macedon
  • Thessalus son of Hippocrates,court physician of Archelaus I
  • Agathon(ca. 448–400 BC) athenian tragic poet
  • Choerilus of Samos epic poet
  • Melanippides of Melos lyric poet
  • Timotheus of Miletus poet,musician
  • Zeuxis of Heraclea painter,he decorated the royal palace in Pella
  • Euripides(ca. 480 BC–406 BC) he wrote the tragedies Bacchae and Archelaus in Macedonia and was buried there
  • Nicomachus (father of Aristotle) court physician of Amyntas III
  • Callistratus of Aphidnae financial adviser of Perdiccas III
  • Euphraeus adviser to Perdiccas III

Philip's and Alexandrian Empire

  • Philonicus,thessalian horse-breeder of Bucephalus
  • Demaratus of Corinth,close friend of Philip,he reconciled him with Alexander and Olympias
  • Alexander of Epirus Alexander's uncle

Alexander's Tutors

  • Leonidas of Epirus
  • Lysimachus of Acarnania
  • Aristotle

Artists

  • Leochares athenian sculptor of Philippeion
  • Lysippos personal Alexander's personal sculptor
  • Apelles of Kos Alexander's personal painter
  • Pyrgoteles ,Alexander's personal gem-engraver
  • Theophilus ,metallurgist (Alexander's helmet-maker) in Gaugamela
  • Echion (painter) on marriage of Alexan­der and Roxana.
  • Antiphilus of Naucratis painter
  • Philoxenus of Eretria,painter,possible originator of the Alexander Mosaic
  • Athenodoros of Teos harpist,he performed at the wedding of Alexander in 324 BC
  • Aristonymus of Athens ,harpist
  • Thessalus ,tragic actor
  • Lycon of Locris,comic actor

Bematists

  • Baeton
  • Diognetus
  • Philonides

Geographers

  • Nearchus
  • Megasthenes
  • Heraclides of Argos
  • Androsthenes of Thasos

Historians

  • Theopompus of Chios
  • Callisthenes of Olynthus (360-328 BC)
  • Aristobulus of Cassandreia (375 - 301 BC)
  • Anaximenes of Lampsacus
  • Cleitarchus
  • Onesicritus
  • Hieronymus of Cardia
  • Chares of Mytilene
  • Medius of Larissa
  • Cyrsilus of Pharsalus
  • Polyclitus of Larissa
  • Ephippus of Olynthus

Officers

  • Hephaestion Amyntoros born in Macedon,father Athenian
  • Lysimachus born in Pella,father Thessalian
  • Nearchus ,hetairos,viceroy of Lycia and Navarch of Indike fleet
  • Eumenes of Cardia (Thrace) ,hetairos,private secretary of Philip and Alexander,Hipparch,Diadochus
  • Diodotus of Erythrae private secretary
  • Laomedon of Mytilene hetairos,in charge of foreign prisoners,Satrap of Syria and Phoenicia
  • Erigyius of Mytilene,hetairos,commander of the allied Greek cavalry after 331 BC
  • Neoptolemus (general) epirote hetairos,Satrap of Armenia
  • Arybbas,somatophylax,epirote
  • Agathocles of Samos ,Taxiarch
  • Thorax II of Larissa ,General of Antigonus
  • Eurybotas Cretan Toxarch
  • Ombrion Cretan Toxarch
  • Cleomenes of Naucratis nomarch of the Arabian district of Egypt
  • Stasanor of Soli, Cyprus general of Alexander and governor of Drangiana, Bactria and Sogdiana
  • Hieronymus of Cardia
  • Chares of Mytilene
  • Aeschylus of Rhodes,in­spector of the governors
  • Andromachus of Cyprus, allied admiral
  • Apollonius (son of Charinus) governor of the region west of Delta
  • Lycidas of Aetolia,commander of the xenoi at Memphis
  • Andronicus the Olynthian Prourarchus of Tyre
  • Cyrsilus of Pharsalus
Trierarchs of Nearchus
  • Evagoras of Corinth ,secretary to the whole fleet of Nearchus
  • Onesicritus of Astypalaia ,helmsman of Royal Ship
  • Androsthenes of Thasos
  • Laomedon of Mytilene
  • Erigyius of Mytilene
  • Medius of Larissa
  • Eumenes son of Hieronymus, from Cardia
  • Critobulus, son of Plato, of Cos,
  • Thoas son of Menodorus,
  • Maeander, son of Mandrogenes, of Magnesia,
  • Andron son of Cabeleus, of Teos.
  • Nicocles son of Pasicrates, of Soli,Cyprus
  • Nithaphon son of Pnytagoras, of Salamis,Cyprus

Poets

  • Euphantus of Olynthus
  • Aeschrion of Samos
  • Choerilus of Iasus
  • Agis of Argos
  • Python of Catana dramatist

Philosophers

  • Aristotle
  • Theophrastus of Lesbos ,aristotelian
  • Anaxarchus of Abdera, democritean
  • Pyrrho of Elis ,sceptic
  • Clearchus of Soli,peripatetic
  • Euphantus of Olynthus

Physicians

  • Nicomachus (father of Aristotle)
  • Menecrates of Syracuse (Philip's)
  • Philip of Acarnania Alexander's personal
  • Alexippus for Peucestas
  • Pausanias for Craterus
  • Glaucus or Glaucias for Hephaestion
  • Androcydes
  • Dracon (son of Hippocrates) for Roxana

Priests

  • Aristander chief-seer of Alexander
  • Cleomenes
  • Demophon

Technicians

  • Polyidus of Thessaly military engineer of Philip
  • Diades of Thessaly chief military engineer of Alexander
  • Charias,mechanician
  • Philippus,mechanician
  • Crates of Olynthus ,Alexander's hydraulic engineer
  • Dinocrates of Rhodes chief architect and technical adviser of Alexander
  • Aristobulus of Cassandreia architect,engineer
  • Gorgus ,water and mining enginner

Women

  • Myrtale of Epirus, mother of Alexander the Great. Philip renamed her Olympias
  • Nicesipolis of Pherae mother of Thessalonica
  • Philinna of Larissa, mother of Arrhidaeus later called Philip III of Macedon
  • Thaïs
  • Campaspe of Thessaly

300-168 BC

  • Lysimachus reigned in Macedonia in 288-281 BC
  • Pyrrhus of Epirus reigned in Macedonia in 288-285 and 274-272 BC
  • Epimachus of Athens military engineer of Demetrius Poliorcetes
  • Eurydice of Athens wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes
  • Aratus of Soli, Cilicia (ca. 315 BC/310 BC – 240 BC) he set to verse the victory of Antigonus II Gonatas over the Gauls in 277 BC
  • Persaeus of Cyprus,stoic philosopher and macedonian officer of Antigonus II Gonatas
  • Heraclides of Tarentum ,mechanician of Philip V

Hellenistic States

See Also

Pantaleon of Pydna

Pantaleon () was a Macedonian hetairos from Pydna, who was appointed by Alexander the Great as...