Meaning of hetairos | Babel Free

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A companion of an ancient Greek king, as a member of the aristocracy and later elite cavalry.

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“Further, the members of an hetaireia may aid an hetairos to fight⟳ his adversaries, to intimidate his victims from seeking legal satisfaction, or simply to provide⟳ him with the opportunity to carry⟳ on the amenities or frivolities of social life. […] The Hetairoi, basically, are a group of people of various origins, Macedonians, Greeks, and barbarians, around a Macedonian monarch. This is, precisely, the one feature which characterizes the hetairoi of the Homeric kings.”

“At the time of Kleisthenes’ reform⟳ certainly, and I believe⟳ consistently thereafter, Aristeides was a hetairos of the Alkmeonidai¹¹⁹. […] The reconciliation was cemented by the marriage of Kimon to Alkmeonid Isodike and of Kallias Lakkoploutos, hetairos of the Alkmeonidai⁴⁷, to Kimon’s half-sister Elpinike⁴⁸.”

“I do not accept⟳ that the ephoroi of Lysias 12.43, 46, said to be chosen by ‘the so-called hetairoi’, were in any way state officials.”

“Antigonos himself was an hetairos of Alexander (Aelian, VH 14. 47a); Justin describes him as Philippo regi et Alexandro Magno socius (16. 1. 12). […] This was not the case with Krateros, whom Alexander chided in private; for Krateros was not one to be dishonoured before his own⟳ troops, and before the hetairoi. […] About the life of Anteas nothing is known, though he was most likely an hetairos of Philip II. […] Alexander's hetairos suffered from a physical ailment. […] Demetrios, allegedly a member of Dimnos' conspiracy, was removed from office in the land⟳ of the Ariaspians and replaced with Ptolemy son of Lagos (Arr. 3. 27. 5), an hetairos of the King. […] A Makedonian hetairos of Alexander (Arr. 3. 6. 7) and father of the Page Charikles (Arr. 4. 13. 7), Menandros commanded mercenary infantry from perhaps 334 until the spring⟳ of 331 B.C.”

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