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Alexander III -The Great. All further references to Alexander refer to him unless
his son, Alexander IV, is specified.
Alexander IV -His posthumous son by Roxane.
Alketas -Brother
of Perdikkas, the general.
Amyntas¨ -Son of Philip II's elder brother,
King Perdikkas. An infant when Perdikkas died, he was passed over in favor of
Philip, after whose murder he was executed for treason. Husband of Kynna,
father of Eurydike.
Antigonos -General of Alexander; Satrap of Phrygia. Later a king, and founder
of the Antigonid dynasty.
Antipatros -Regent of Macedon during Alexander's years in Asia, and at the
time of his death.
Aristonous -A staff officer of Alexander; later loyal to Alexander IV.
Arridaios -See Philip III.
Arybas -A
Macedonian nobleman, designer of Alexander's funeral car. His real name was
Arridaios; he is here given a rather similar Epirote name to ditinguish him
from Philip Arridaios.
Darius III* -The last persian Great King; murdered by his generals after his
defeat by Alexander at Gaugamela.
Demetrios -Son of Antigonos. (Later known as The Besieger, he became King of
Macedon after Kassandros' death>)
Drypetis -Younger
daughter of Darius III; widow of Hephaistion.
Eumenes -Chief Secretary and general of Alexander; loyal to the royal
house.
Eurydike -Daughter
of Amyntas and Kynna. Her given name was Adeia; Eurydike was the dynastic name
conferred on her at her marriage (or betrothal) to Philip III. She was the
granddaughter of Philip II and of Perdikkas III, his brother.
Hephaistion¨ -Alexander's lifelong friend, who
died a few months before him.
Kassandros -Eldest son of Antipatros; lifelong enemy of Alexander. (Become
King of Macedon after the murder of Alexander IV.)
Kleopatra-Daughter of Philip II and Olympias, sister of Alexander. Married
to King Alexandros of Molossia, which she ruled after his death in Italy. Her
father, Philip, was assassinated in her wedding procession.
Kynna -Daughter
of Philip II by an Illyrian princess, from whom she learned the skills of
war. Widow of Amyntas, mother of Eurydike.
Leonnatos -Staff officer and kinsman of Alexander; betrothed to Kleopatra
before his death in battle.
Niarchos -Boyhood
friend and admiral of Alexander.
Nikaia -Daughter
of the Regent Antipatros, married and divorced by Perdikkas.
Nikanor -Brother
of Kassandros; general in Eurdike's army.
Ochos¨ -(King Artaxerexes Ochos.) Great King
of Persia before the short reign of Darius III.
Olympias -Daughter of King Neoptolemos of Molossia; widow of Philip II; mother
of Alexander.
Perdikkas -Second in command to Alexander after Hephaistion's death.
Betrothed to Kleopatra after death of Leonnatos
Perdikkas III¨ -Elder brother of Philip II, who
succeeded him after his death in battle. (See Amyntas.)
Philip II¨ -The founder of Macedonian supremacy
in Greece; father of Alexander.
Philip III -His son by Philinna, a minor wife. The royal name of Philip was
conferred at his accession.
Ptolemy -Staff
officer, kinsman, and reputed half-brother of Alexander. Later King of Egypt,
founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, and author of a history of Alexander
extensively used by Arrian.
Roxane -Wife
of Alexander, married on campaign in Bactria. Mother of Alexander IV.
Seleukos -Staff officer of Alexander. (later King of the Seleucid empire in
nearer Asia.)
Sisygambis -Mother of Darius III, befriended by Alexander.
Stateira -Daughter
of Darius III, married in state by Alexander at Susa.
Theophrastos -Aristotle's successor as head of the Lyceum University at Athens,
patronized by Kassandros.
Thessalonike -Daughter of Philip II by a minor wife; later wife of Kassandros
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