page_title: List of people from Greece
section_title: Ancient period
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Greece / Military and political figures / Ancient period
context_page_description: This is a list of notable Greeks.
context_section_description: Agis III (r.338–?331 BCE), Spartan king who rebelled against Macedon in 331 BCE
  Alcibiades (450–404 BCE), Athenian general and statesman
  Alexander the Great, (356–323 BCE) King of Macedon, and conqueror of the Persian Empire
  Antiochus III the Great, (c. 241–187 BCE) Seleucid Monarch
  Antipater, (c.390–319 BCE), Macedonian noble and Alexander the Great's regent in Macedon
  Aristides (530–468 BCE), Athenian statesman
  Cimon (510–450 BCE), Athenian leader and statesman
  Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, (c.68–30 BCE) Queen of Egypt, from the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Dynasty 
  Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), politician and orator
  Dionysius I (c.432–367), ruler of the Syracusan empire
  Epaminondas (c.420–362), Theban general and statesman
  Eucratides, ruler of the Bactrian Greeks
  Leonidas (d.480 BCE), Spartan king, killed defending Greece from the Persians 
  Lycurgus (9th century BCE), semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver
  Lysander (d.395), Spartan general and hero during the Peloponnesian War
  Memnon of Rhodes, (d.333) Greek mercenary general in Persian army under Darius III
  Miltiades, Athenian statesman and general
  Nearchus, Alexander's naval commander
  Peisistratus, Athenian tyrant
  Pericles (495–429 BCE), Athenian leader and statesman 
  Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BCE), Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great
  Polycrates, Samian ruler
  Ptolemy I (c.356–285), Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded a dynasty in Egypt
  Pyrrhus of Epirus (c.318–272), invaded Italy, became known for victories of dubious value (Pyrrhic)
  Seleucus I, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded dynasty in Persia
  Solon (638–558 BCE), Athenian lawmaker and archon
  Themistocles (c.514–449 BCE), Athenian statesman and admiral
  Xenophon (430–c.354 BCE), mercenary general, led and recounted march from Persia
  Saint George (AD c.275–303), soldier in the Roman army, venerated as a Christian martyr
caption: Michelangelo's rendering of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator
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