List of ancient Epirotes

This list refers to inhabitants of Ancient Epirus.

Mainland Greece in antiquity.

Districts of Ancient Epirus, Chaonia, Molossia & Thesprotia

Mythology

• Ambrax, Ambracia
• Chaon
• Echetus King of Epirus
• Epirus, a Theban, died in Epirus.
• Kallidike Queen of Thesprotians wife of Odysseus
• Molossus
• Pandrasus, a Greek king in medieval British legend^[1]
• Thesprotus
• Tyrimmas, King of Dodona; his daughter Euippe made a child with Odysseus

Aeacid dynasty

• Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus)
• Molossus son of Neoptolemus and Andromache
• Alcon the Molossian (6th century BC) suitor of Agariste of Sicyon
• Admetus of Epirus (c. 490 - 470 BC)
• Tharypus
• Alcetas I (c. 385 – 370)
• Neoptolemos I
• Arybbas (361/360-? ВС)
• Alexander I (?-330/329 BC)
• Aeacides
• Alcetas II (313–307 ВС)
• Beroea of Epirus
• Pyrrhus I (307-302 BC)
• Neoptolemos II (302-295 ВС)
• Alexander II of Epirus (272-255 ВС)
• Olympias II of Epirus
• Pyrrhus II
• Ptolemy of Epirus (238-231 ВС)
• Deidamia (?-231 BC)

Tribal Kings

• Oroedus, king of the Parauaioi
• Antiochus (King), king of the Orestae

Nobles

• Sabylinthus, regent of king Tharrhypas
• Kleomachos the Atintanian

In Macedon

• Amyntas of Tymphaia
• Attalus of Tymphaia
• Myrtale (Olympias) mother of Alexander the Great
• Alexander the Great through his mother Olympias
• Cleopatra of Macedon
• Leonidas first teacher of Alexander the Great
• Arybbas (somatophylax)
• Polyperchon general and regent (of Tymphaia)
• Neoptolemus (general)
• Polemon of Tymphaia
• Pyrrhus of Epirus basileus of Macedon (288-285 BC (divided with Lysimachus), 274-272 BC)
• Simmias of Tymphaia

Athletes

• Sophron of Ambracia Stadion, Olympics 432 BC^[2]
• Arybbas of Epirus Tethrippon Olympics 344 BC^[3]
• Tlasimachus of Ambracia Tethrippon and Synoris Olympics 296 BC^[4]
• Simacus (son of Phalacrion) Thesprotian 3rd-2nd century BC Pancratiast, Epidauria (fined)^[5][6]
• Alcemachus (son of Charops) Diaulos (~400-metre race) Panathenaics 194/3 BC
• -tos (son of Lysias) Chaonian, Pale (wrestling) Panathenaics 194/193 BC^[7]
• Antipater of Epirus Stadion Olympics 136 BC
• Andromachus of Ambracia Stadion Olympics 60 BC

Artists

• Epigonus of Ambracia 6th-century BC musician, inventor epigonion instrument
• Nicocles of Ambracia auletes
• Hippasus of Ambracia tragic actor hypocrites

Priests

• Silanus of Ambracia seer in Xenophon's Anabasis
• Pelignas chef, sacrificer sent by Olympias to Alexander^[8]

Physicians

• Philagrius of Epirus 3rd century AD

Theorodokoi

• Molossian Tharyps - Chaonian Doropsos - Thesprotian Petoas, Simakos - Admatos from Poionos - Skepas, Aristodamos from Cassopea - Dioszotos from Pandosia - Schidas of Artichia -Phorbadas, Timogenes of Ambracia -Geron son of Aristodamos^[9][10] (Epidauros 365 BC)

Writers

• Philetas of Dodona Tragoedus c. 400 - 375^[11]
• Epicrates of Ambracia comic poet 4th century BC
• Pyrrhus of Epirus memoirs and books on military, mechanics and siegecraft^[12]
• Nicolaus of Epirus Tragoedus winner in Delian festival 279 BC^[13]
• Glaucus of Nicopolis epigrammatic poet of Greek Anthology

References

1. The Chronicle of the Kings of Britain. Translated by Roberts, Peter. London: E. Williams. 1811. pp. 5, 8.
2. "Sophron of Ambracia - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
3. Woodbury, Leonard (1979). "Neoptolemus at Delphi: Pindar, "Nem." 7.30 ff". Phoenix. 33 (2): 95–133. doi:10.2307/1087989. JSTOR 1087989.
4. Phlegon of Tralles, Olympiads
5. Miller, Stephen G. (7 June 2004). Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources. ISBN 9780520931039.
6. Epidauros —Epigraphical Database
7. Attica — Athens:—Epigraphical Database
8. Athenaeus Deipnosophists-14.78 659F
9. IG IV²,1 95 col I.1 line 25
10. Brock, Roger; Hodkinson, Stephen (28 December 2000). Alternatives to Athens: Varieties of Political Organization and Community in Ancient Greece. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-19-815220-0.
11. Epeiros — Dodona — c. 400 - 375 BC Epigraphical Database
12. On Machines: (Περὶ Μηχανημάτων). 2004. ISBN 9783515085328.
13. Delos —Epigraphical Database

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