List of ancient Epirotes
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This list refers to inhabitants of Ancient Epirus
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Epirus
The name Epirus, from the Greek "Ήπειρος" meaning continent may refer to:-Geographical:* Epirus - a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania...
Mythology
- AmbraxAmbraxAmbrax was an Greek mythological king of the city of Ambracia located in the region in Epirus in ancient Greece.He was king was the exiled Aeneas came to his city.He was son of Dexamenus that was in turn son of Hercules....
, AmbraciaAmbracia (mythology)Ambracia was an ancient Greek mythological princess, daughter of Menelaus, son of Apollo and Oechalia. The city of Ambracia in Epirus was named after her.... - ChaonChaonChaon was a Greek hero and the eponymous ancestor of the Chaonians who gave his name to Chaonia, a district in northwestern Epirus in Greece. The stories are unclear as to whether he was the friend or the brother of Helenus, but in either case, he accompanied him to the court of Neoptolemus. The...
- EchetusEchetusKing Echetus , in Greek mythology, was the son of Euchenor and Phlogea , and a king of Epirus.-Mention in the Odyssey:...
King of Epirus. - Epirus (mythology)Epirus (mythology)Epirus or Epeiros, in Greek mythology, is the daughter of Agave and Echion. She accompanied Cadmus and Harmonia while they were carrying the body of Pentheus. While in Epirus, she died and was buried in a thicket; this thicket was later considered sacred to her and the entire country was renamed...
, ThebanThebes, GreeceThebes is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain. It played an important role in Greek myth, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus and others...
, died in Epirus. - KallidikeKallidike-Queen of Thesprotia:Callidice was queen of Thesprotia and wife of Odysseus. She and Odysseus had a son, Polypoetes, together. According to the Telegony , Odysseus was sent on another voyage by the gods after killing all of Penelope's suitors. He journeyed through Epirus and came upon the nation of...
Queen of ThesprotiansThesprotiansThe Thesprotians were an ancient Greek tribe of Thesprotis, Epirus, akin to the Molossians. The poet Homer frequently mentions Thesprotia which had friendly relations with Ithaca and Doulichi. On their northeast frontier they had the Chaonians and to the north the kingdom of the Molossians...
wife of OdysseusOdysseusOdysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle.... - MolossusMolossusMolossus may refer to:*Molossus , genus of bats*Molossus , extinct breed of dog*Molossus , type of metrical foot*Molossus , in Greek mythology, the son of Neoptolemus and Andromache and ancestor of the Molossians...
- ThesprotusThesprotus*Thesprotus the eponymous hero of Thesprotia was a son of Lycaon. Thesprotus' son was Ambrax eponymous of Ambracia.*Thesprotus king of the country where Lake Avernus is said to be , related to the myth of Thyestes and Atreus.-References:*...
- TyrimmasTyrimmas, King of DodonaFor other uses, see TyrimmasTyrimmas was a King of Dodona in Epirus. His daughter Euippe bore Odysseus a son, Euryalus, who was later mistakenly slain by his father....
, King of DodonaDodonaDodona in Epirus in northwestern Greece, was an oracle devoted to a Mother Goddess identified at other sites with Rhea or Gaia, but here called Dione, who was joined and partly supplanted in historical times by the Greek god Zeus.The shrine of Dodona was regarded as the oldest Hellenic oracle,...
. His daughter EuippeEuippeEuippe or Evippe is the name of six women in Greek mythology:*The daughter of Danaus and the naiad Polyxo. She married Imbrus, son of Aegyptus and Caliadne....
made a child with OdysseusOdysseusOdysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
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Aeacid dynasty
- NeoptolemusNeoptolemusNeoptolemus was the son of the warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia in Greek mythology. Achilles' mother foretold many years before Achilles' birth that there would be a great war. She saw that her only son was to die if he fought in the war...
(Pyrrhus) - MolossusMolossusMolossus may refer to:*Molossus , genus of bats*Molossus , extinct breed of dog*Molossus , type of metrical foot*Molossus , in Greek mythology, the son of Neoptolemus and Andromache and ancestor of the Molossians...
son of Neoptolemus and AndromacheAndromacheIn Greek mythology, Andromache was the wife of Hector and daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes. She was born and raised in the city of Cilician Thebe, over which her father ruled... - Alcon the Molossian (6th century BC) suitor of Agariste of SicyonAgariste of SicyonAgariste was the daughter, and possibly the heiress, of the tyrant of Sicyon, Cleisthenes. Her father wanted to marry her to the best of the Hellenes and, subsequently, he organized a competition, whose prize was his own daughter...
- Admetus of EpirusAdmetus of EpirusFor other persons with the same name, see Admetus Admetus was a king of the Molossians at the time that Themistocles was the effective ruler of Athens...
(ca. 490-470 B.C) - TharypusTharrhypasTharrhypas was a king of the Molossians. He is mentioned by Thucydides as a minor in 429 BC. He was the father of Alcetas, and is said to have been the first to introduce Hellenic civilization among his subjects.-References:...
- Alcetas I (ca. 385–370)
- Neoptolemos I
- Arybbas (361361 BCYear 361 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Stolo and Peticus...
/360360 BCYear 360 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ambustus and Visolus...
-? ВС) - Alexander IAlexander I of EpirusAlexander I of Epirus , also known as Alexander Molossus , was a king of Epirus of the Aeacid dynasty. As the son of Neoptolemus I and brother of Olympias, he was an uncle of Alexander the Great...
(?-330/329 BC) - Aeacides
- Alcetas II (313–307 ВС)
- Beroea of EpirusBeroea of EpirusBeroea of Epirus was an ancient Greek princess of the tribe of the Molossians, that was married to the Illyrian king Glaukias. She raised Pyrrhus of Epirus....
- Pyrrhus IPyrrhus of EpirusPyrrhus or Pyrrhos was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house , and later he became king of Epirus and Macedon . He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome...
(307-302 BC) - Neoptolemos II (302-295 ВС)
- Alexander II of EpirusAlexander II of EpirusAlexander II was a king of Epirus, and the son of Pyrrhus and Lanassa, the daughter of the Sicilian tyrant Agathocles.-Reign:He succeeded his father as king in 272 BC, and continued the war which his father had begun with Antigonus II Gonatas, whom he succeeded in driving from the kingdom of Macedon...
(272-255 ВС) - Olympias II of EpirusOlympias II of EpirusOlympias was daughter of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus from his first wife Antigone. She was the wife of her own paternal half-brother Alexander II...
- Pyrrhus II
- Ptolemy of EpirusPtolemy of EpirusPtolemy ; 237 BC-died 234 ВС), king of Epirus, was the second son of Alexander II, king of Epirus, and Olympias, grandson of the great Pyrrhus and brother of Phthia of Macedon. He was named in honor of his late uncle Ptolemy, a late brother of his parents...
(238-231 ВС) - Deidamia (?-231 BC)
In Macedon
- Amyntas of Tymphaia
- Attalus of Tymphaia
- Myrtale (OlympiasOlympiasOlympias was a Greek princess of Epirus, daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the fourth wife of the king of Macedonia, Philip II, and mother of Alexander the Great...
) mother of Alexander the Great - Alexander the Great through his mother Olympias
- Cleopatra of Macedon
- Leonidas first teacher of Alexander the Great
- ArybbasArybbas (somatophylax)Arybbas was a somatophylax of Alexander the Great. He was probably from Epirus, a member of the Molossian royal house . He died of illness in Egypt in the winter of 332 BC and was replaced by Leonnatus.-References:...
(somatophylax) - PolyperchonPolyperchonPolyperchon , son of Simmias from Tymphaia in Epirus, was a Macedonian general who served under Philip II and Alexander the Great, accompanying Alexander throughout his long journeys. After the return to Babylon, Polyperchon was sent back to Macedon with Craterus, but had only reached Cilicia by...
general and regentRegentA regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu...
(of Tymphaia) - Neoptolemus (general)Neoptolemus (general)For other uses, see Neoptolemus Neoptolemus was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great....
- Polemon of Tymphaia
- Pyrrhus of EpirusPyrrhus of EpirusPyrrhus or Pyrrhos was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house , and later he became king of Epirus and Macedon . He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome...
basileusBasileusBasileus is a Greek term and title that has signified various types of monarchs in history. It is perhaps best known in English as a title used by the Byzantine Emperors, but also has a longer history of use for persons of authority and sovereigns in ancient Greece, as well as for the kings of...
of MacedonMacedonMacedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south....
(288-285 BC (divided with LysimachusLysimachusLysimachus was a Macedonian officer and diadochus of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon.-Early Life & Career:...
) , 274-272 BC) - SimmiasSimmias of MacedonFor other persons with the same name, see SimmiasSimmias was a Macedonian officer, son of Andromenes from Tymphaia and brother of Attalus and Amyntas, the officers of Alexander the Great...
of Tymphaia
Athletes
- Sophron of AmbraciaAmbraciaAmbracia, occasionally Ampracia , was an ancient Corinthian colony, situated about 7 miles from the Ambracian Gulf in Greece, on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos , in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.-History:...
StadionStadionStadion or stade , was an ancient running event, part of the Olympic Games and the other Panhellenic Games. It was one of the five major Pentathlon events. It was the premier event of the gymnikos agon...
, Olympics 432 BC - Arybbas of Epirus Tethrippon Olympics 344 BC
- Tlasimachus of Ambracia Tethrippon and Synoris Olympics 296 BC
- Simacus (son of Phalacrion) ThesprotianThesprotiansThe Thesprotians were an ancient Greek tribe of Thesprotis, Epirus, akin to the Molossians. The poet Homer frequently mentions Thesprotia which had friendly relations with Ithaca and Doulichi. On their northeast frontier they had the Chaonians and to the north the kingdom of the Molossians...
3rd-2nd c.BC PancratiastPankrationPankration was a martial art introduced into the Greek Olympic Games in 648 BC and founded as a blend of boxing and wrestling but without any rules. The term comes from the Greek , literally meaning "all powers" from "all" + "strength, power". Spartans were taught to use this ancient...
, Epidauria (fined) - Alcemachus (son of Charops) Diaulos (~400-metre race) PanathenaicsPanathenaic GamesThe Panathenaic Games were held every four years in Athens in Ancient Greece since 566 BC. They continued into the third century AD. These Games incorporated religious festival, ceremony , athletic competitions, and cultural events hosted within a stadium.-Religious festival:The games were part of...
194/3 BC - -tos (son of Lysias) ChaonianChaoniansThe Chaonians were an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the region of Epirus located in the north-west of modern Greece and southern Albania. On their southern frontier lay another Epirote kingdom, that of the Molossians, to their southwest stood the kingdom of the Thesprotians, and to their...
,Pale(wrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
) PanathenaicsPanathenaic GamesThe Panathenaic Games were held every four years in Athens in Ancient Greece since 566 BC. They continued into the third century AD. These Games incorporated religious festival, ceremony , athletic competitions, and cultural events hosted within a stadium.-Religious festival:The games were part of...
194/3 BC - Antipater of Epirus Stadion Olympics 136 BC
- Andromachus of Ambracia Stadion Olympics 60 BC
Artists
- Epigonus of AmbraciaEpigonus of AmbraciaEpigonus of Ambracia was a Greek musician from Ambracia in South Epirus, who was admitted to a citizenship at Sicyon, where he lived, performed and taught. The Epigonion was invented, or at least introduced in Greece by Epigonus. He was a contemporary of Lasus of Hermione.-References:*Athenaeus...
6th c.BC musician , inventor epigonionEpigonionAn epigonion was an ancient stringed instrument mentioned in Athenaeus , probably a psaltery. The epigonion was invented, or at least introduced into Greece, by Epigonus of Ambracia, a Greek musician of Ambracia in Epirus, who was admitted to citizenship at Sicyon as a recognition of his great...
instrument - Nicocles of Ambracia auletesAuletesIn some accounts, Auletes, , was the father or brother of Ocnus, founder of Felsina....
- Hippasus of Ambracia tragic actor hypocrites
Priests
- Silanus of AmbraciaSilanus of AmbraciaSilanus of Ambracia was a soothsayer in Xenophon's Anabasis. In 401 BC, he accompanied Cyrus the Younger in an expedition against Artaxerxes. When Silanus provided Cyrus with a successful prediction, he was rewarded with 3000 darics ....
seer in Xenophon's Anabasis - Pelignas chef, sacrificer sent by Olympias to Alexander
TheorodokoiTheorodokoiTheorodokoi in Ancient Greece were sacred envoy-receivers, whose duty was to host and assist the Theoroi "viewers" before Panhellenic Games and Festivals...
- Molossian Tharyps - Chaonian Doropsos - Thesprotian Petoas,Simakos - Admatos from Poionos - Skepas,Aristodamos from Cassopea - Dioszotos from PandosiaPandosia (Epirus)Pandosia was an ancient Greek city of Epirus. It was a colony of Elis, and a town of the Cassopaei in the district of Thesprotia in Epirus, situated upon the river Acheron....
- Schidas of Artichia -Phorbadas , Timogenes of AmbraciaAmbraciaAmbracia, occasionally Ampracia , was an ancient Corinthian colony, situated about 7 miles from the Ambracian Gulf in Greece, on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos , in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.-History:...
-Geron son of Aristodamos (Epidauros 365 BC)
Writers
- Philetas of Dodona Tragoedus ca. 400-375
- Epicrates of AmbraciaEpicrates of AmbraciaEpicrates of Ambracia , was an Ambraciote who lived in Athens, a comic poet of the Middle Comedy, according to the testimony of Athenaeus , confirmed by extant fragments of his plays, in which he ridicules Plato and his disciples, Speusippus and Menedemus, and in which he refers to the courtesan...
comic poet 4th c.BC - Pyrrhus of EpirusPyrrhus of EpirusPyrrhus or Pyrrhos was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house , and later he became king of Epirus and Macedon . He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome...
memoirs and books on military,mechanics and siegecraft - Nicolaus of Epirus Tragoedus winner in DelianDelosThe island of Delos , isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece...
festival 279 BC - Glaucus of NicopolisNicopolisNicopolis — or Actia Nicopolis — was an ancient city of Epirus, founded 31 BC by Octavian in memory of his victory over Antony and Cleopatra at Actium the previous year. It was later the capital of Epirus Vetus...
epigrammatic poet of Greek AnthologyGreek AnthologyThe Greek Anthology is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature...
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