Sopolis ( grc, Σώπολις), son of
Hermodorus Hermodorus ( el, Ἑρμόδωρος), an Ephesian who lived in the 4th century BC, was an original member of Plato's Academy and was present at the death of Socrates. He is said to have circulated the works of Plato (combined Socratic tenets with t ...
, was
hipparch
''Hipparchus'', anglicized hipparch ( gr, ἵππαρχος, hipparchos), was the title of an ancient Greek cavalry officer, commanding a ''hipparchia'' (unit of about 500 horsemen); two such units were commanded by an ''epihipparchos
Epihipparc ...
of the ile of
Hetairoi from
Amphipolis
Amphipolis ( ell, Αμφίπολη, translit=Amfipoli; grc, Ἀμφίπολις, translit=Amphipolis) is a municipality in the Serres (regional unit), Serres regional unit, Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is ...
, since at least the
Triballian campaign
The Triballi ( grc, Τριβαλλοί, Triballoí, lat, Triballi) were an ancient people who lived in northern Bulgaria in the region of Roman Oescus up to southeastern Serbia, possibly near the territory of the Morava Valley in the late Iron A ...
of
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...
335 BC. That he belonged to the Macedonian aristocracy is indicated not only by his important cavalry command but also by the fact that his son,
Hermolaus
Hermolaus of Macedon ( el, Ἑρμόλαος) was a page to Alexander the Great in 327 BC, who was executed for planning regicide.
Early life
The son of hipparch Sopolis of Macedon, Hermolaus was one of the Macedonian youths drawn from sons of t ...
, served as one of Alexander's Pages in 327 BC.
See also
*
Ariston of Macedon
References
*Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel
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Ancient Amphipolitans
Generals of Alexander the Great
Ancient Macedonian generals
4th-century BC Macedonians