Alexander the Great Overview
Philip II of Macedonia:
Philip II (382 - 336 B.C.) of Macedon became king in 359 B.C. after his brother Perdicas III died in 360. He proceeded to conquer neighboring lands, including Amphipolis, which he took from Athens in 357. Philip was the father of Alexander the Great.
Olympias:
Olympias (c.375 - 316 B.C.) was an Epirote princess who married Philip II of Macedonia. Olympias was the mother of Alexander the Great. She was also known as Myrtale.
Hephaestion:
Hephaestion (c.357 - 324), a Macedonian nobleman from the capital city of Pella, was educated at the court of King Philip of Macedon, where he met Alexander the Great and presumably Aristotle. Hephaestion is thought to have been Alexander the Great's gay lover.
Roxane:
In 327 B.C., Roxane (343 - 310 B.C.), a Bactrian princess and the daughter of Oxyartes, married Alexander the Great. Roxane gave birth to Alexander's posthumous son, Alexander Aegus and had Alexander's second wife, Stateira (Barsine), killed.
Cassander:
Cassander, who lived from 358 - 297 B.C., attended Aristotle's lessons along with Alexander and Hephaestion. He ruled as king of Macedonia from 305 to 297.
Antipater:
Antipater (c. 399-319 B.C.) was an advisor of Alexander and commander of Alexander's European forces who served as regent from 334-323 B.C.
Clitus:
Clitus (or Black Clitus) was a Macedonian officer born around 375 B.C. Alexander the Great killed him in 328.
Porus:
Porus, king of the area between the Hydaspes and the Acesines rivers, in India, met Alexander the Great at the Battle of the Hydaspes River in June 326 B.C.
Parmenio:
(c. 400 - 330) Parmenio(n) was a Macedonian general who served under both Philip II of Macedonia and his son Alexander the Great. He was Alexander's second in command. After Parmenio's son was implicated in a conspiracy plot against Alexander, Alexander ordered Parmenio executed. Parmenio was killed in Ecbatana.
The Diadochi:
While technically the Diadochi followed after Alexander, they were his friends and companions while he was alive.
