''Hipparchus'', anglicized hipparch ( gr, ἵππαρχος, hipparchos), was the title of an
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 ...
cavalry officer, commanding a ''hipparchia'' (unit of about 500 horsemen); two such units were commanded by an ''
epihipparchos''.
Ancient Greek military terminology
Military ranks of ancient Greece
Military ranks of ancient Macedon
Cavalry
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