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Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic p ...

: Ἀμύντωρ ''Amýntor'' "defender") was the name of a 4th-century BC Macedonian aristocrat, possibly of

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descent. He was the father of Hephaestion Amyntoros, who was a close companion and lieutenant to

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...

. The full history of Hephaestion's lineage is unknown. However, Jeanne ReamesReames, Jeanne. "Who was this guy anyway?" Hephaistion - Philalexandros
has suggested that he descended from Athenian expatriates to Macedon. The most popular piece of evidence pointing to such a connection is in name-tracing. "Hephaestion" is the name of the

Temple of Hephaestus The Temple of Hephaestus or ''Hephaisteion'' (also "Hephesteum" or "Hephaesteum"; grc, Ἡφαιστεῖον, ell, Ναός Ηφαίστου, and formerly called in error the Theseion or "Theseum"; grc, Θησεῖον, ell, Θησείο), ...

overlooking the

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, near the Acropolis, a name which hardly appears at all in Macedon during this time period.

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