List of Principal Characters
Alexandros Aniketos (356-323)1 – King of Macedonia (336-323)2
Antigone (unk-unk) – Philotas’s mistress
Antigonos Monophthalmos (c. 382-301) – Military commander under both Philippos and Alexandros; appointed satrap of Phrygia by Alexandros
Antipatros (397-319) – Macedonian nobleman; served as regent under both Philippos and Alexandros
Aristandros of Telmessos (c. 380-331) – Alexandros’s soothsayer
Aristoteles (384-322) – Alexandros’s teacher in Mieza
Arrhidaios (358-317) – Alexandros’s half-wit half-brother
Artabazos (c.387-c.328) – Persian nobleman; father of Barsine and Artakama, among others
Artakama (347-unk) – Artabazos’s daughter; Barsine’s sister
Barsine (355-309) – Artabazos’s daughter; Artakama’s sister; Memnon’s wife; Alexandros’s mistress
Dareios (c.380-330) – Persian Emperor (336-330)
Hephaistion (356-324) – Alexandros’s closest friend
Kallisthenes (c.368-327) – Aristoteles’s great nephew; accompanied Alexandros as campaign historian
Kassandros (358-297) – Antipatros’s son
Kleitos Melas (c.357-327)3 – A commander in Alexandros’s army
Kleopatra (354-308) – Daughter of Philippos and Olympias; Alexandros’s sister
Krateros (365-320) – A commander in Alexandros’s army
Lysimachos (360-282) – A commander in Alexandros’s army
Mazaios (380-328) – Persian nobleman
Memnon of Rhodos (380-333) – Mercenary commander in Dareios’s service; Barsine’s husband
Nearchos (c.360-c.312) – A commander in Alexandros’s army
Nikanoros (358-331) – A commander in Alexandros’s army; Parmenion’s son
Olympias (a/k/a Myrtale) (377-314) – Philippos’s 4th wife; mother of Alexandros Aniketos
Parmenion (400-330) – Leading Macedonian general; served both Philippos and Alexandros
Perdikkas (359-321) – A commander in Alexandros’s army
Philippos Amyntou Makedonios (382-336) – King of Macedonia (359-336); father of Alexandros
Philippos of Akarnia (unk-unk) – Alexandros’s physician
Philotas (360-330) – A commander in Alexandros’s army; Parmenion’s son
Ptolemaios Metoikos (c.364-282) – A commander in Alexandros’s army; one of Alexandros’s bodyguards
Seleukos (358-281) – A commander in Alexandros’s army
Sisygambis (unk-323) – Dareios’s mother
Stateira (c.365-331) – Dareios’s 1st wife
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.