List of ancient Macedonians

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

Contents

Mythology

Kings

Military personnel

High generals

Somatophylakes

Cavalry

Hipparchoi

Infantry

Taxiarchs of Pezhetairoi

Trierarchs of Nearchus

Various

Civilization

Athletes

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

Writers

Scientists

Artists

Priests

Theorodokoi

Naopoioi

Naopoios (Temple-builder), an elected Archon by Hieromnemones, responsible for restoring the temple of Apollo in Delphi

Women

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