List of Principal Characters
Alexandros Aniketos (356-323)1 – King of Macedonia (336-323)2
Antipatros (397-319) – Macedonian nobleman; served as regent under both Philippos and Alexandros
Aristoteles (384-322) – Alexandros’s teacher in Mieza
Attalos (390-336) – Macedonian nobleman; uncle and guardian of Kleopatra(2)
Audata (a/k/a Eurydike) (c.378-c.348) – Bardylis’s daughter; Philippos’s 1st wife; mother of Kynane
Bardylis (c.428-c.358) – King of Illyria (c.408-c.358)
Dareios (c.380-330) – Persian Emperor (336-330)
Hephaistion (356-324) – Alexandros’s best friend
Kleitos Melas (c.357-327)3 – A soldier in Alexandros’s army
Kleopatra(1) (354-308) – Daughter of Philippos and Olympias; Alexandros’s sister
Kleopatra(2) (355-336) – Philippos’s 7th wife; mother of Europa and Karanos
Langaros (c.362-335) – King of Agriania (c.342-335)
Lanike (c.372-c.313)4 – Alexandros’s nursemaid; Kleitos’s sister
Meda (unk-unk) – Philippos’s 6th wife
Nikesipolis (unk-c.344) – Philippos’s 5th wife; mother of Thessalonike
Olympias (a/k/a Myrtale) (377-314) – Philippos’s 4th wife; mother of Alexandros
Parmenion (400-330) – Leading Macedonian general; served both Philippos and Alexandros
Phila (c.374-unk) – Philippos’s 2nd wife
Philinna (unk-unk) – Philippos’s 3rd wife; mother of Arrhidaios
Philippos Amyntou Makedonios (380-336) – King of Macedonia (359-336); father of Alexandros
Ptolemaios Metoikos (c.364-c.282) – One of Alexandros’s bodyguards
1 Numbers refer to year of birth and year of death, respectively. All years are B.C.E. In some cases, the actual dates are either uncertain or in dispute. In those cases, the year in question is preceded by a c.
2 Numbers refer to years of reign.
3 The date of Kleitos’s birth is uncertain, but he was probably several years older than depicted in this book.
4 The dates of Lanike’s birth and death are uncertain, but she was probably older than depicted in this book.