Macedonian — Minor Figures
19 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Bucephalas
horse · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · with Alexander “Alexander was no less concerned at his death, than if he had lost an old companion or an intimate friend”
Caranus
ancestor · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · with Alexander “Alexander descended from Hercules by Caranus”
Coenus
general · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · employer: Alexander “commanded Coenus to fall upon the right”
Erigyius
commander · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · friends with Alexander “banished Harpalus, Nearchus, Erigyius, and Ptolemy, his son's friends and favorites”
Hermolaus
conspirator · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · enemies with Alexander “Hermolaus's conspiracy”
Onesicritus
pilot · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · employer: Alexander “he made Nearchus admiral, and Onesicritus pilot”
- Alexander · mentor: Diogenes “Onesicritus, one of Diogenes the Cynic's disciples”
Proteas
companion · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · friends with Alexander “Alexander declared he was friends with him”
Arrhidaeus
prince · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · parent: Philip “Arrhidaeus, who was Philip's son by an obscure woman of the name of Philinna”
Theophrastus
captain · first appears Aratus
- Aratus · with Aratus “Theophrastus, who refused to quit his post, he put to death”
Persaeus
philosopher · first appears Aratus
- Aratus · with Antigonus “making Persaeus the philosopher governor”
- Aratus · employer: Antigonus “making Persaeus the philosopher governor”
Alexander, king of Macedon
king · first appears Pelopidas
- Pelopidas · enemies with Ptolemy “Ptolemy was then at war with Alexander, the king of Macedon”
Philip of Macedon
king · first appears Timoleon
- Timoleon · with Dionysius “when Philip of Macedon, at a drinking party, began to speak in banter about the verses and tragedies which his father, Dionysius the elder, had left behind him”
Euctus
treasurer · first appears Aemilius Paulus
- Aemilius Paulus · with Perseus “Euctus and Eudaeus, two of his treasurers, came to him”
- Aemilius Paulus · employer: Perseus “Euctus and Eudaeus, two of his treasurers, came to him”
Eudaeus
treasurer · first appears Aemilius Paulus
- Aemilius Paulus · with Perseus “Euctus and Eudaeus, two of his treasurers, came to him”
- Aemilius Paulus · employer: Perseus “Euctus and Eudaeus, two of his treasurers, came to him”
Iolaus
companion of Hercules · first appears Pelopidas
- Pelopidas · courtship with Hercules “Iolaus, who assisted Hercules in his labors and fought at his side, was beloved of him”
- Alexander · parent: Antipater “one of whom, Iolaus, was his chief cupbearer”
Glaucus
physician · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · with Hephaestion “whilst his physician Glaucus was gone to the theater, he ate a fowl for his dinner”
- Phocion · parent: Polymedes “Glaucus, of Polymedes”
Parmenio
general · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · child: Philotas “Philotas, the son of Parmenio”
Limnus
conspirator · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · with Nicomachus “communicated his design to a youth whom he was fond of, named Nicomachus”
Eurylochus
soldier · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · with Telesippa “he confessed he was in love with a young woman named Telesippa”
- Alexander · courtship with Telesippa “he confessed he was in love with a young woman named Telesippa”
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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.