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Metron of Pydna

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Metron (Greek: Μέτρων) was the son of Epicharmus from Pydna. He was a hetairos and trierarch of the Hydaspes fleet of Nearchus. He may be identical with Metron, one of the royal pages (paides basilikoi).

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Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire by Waldemar Heckel ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9

v t e Alexander the Great's Generals
Philip II's Generals	Attalus Parmenion Antipater Eumenes
The Somatophylakes (Alexander's bodyguards)	Aristonous (to 323 BC) Arybbas (to 332 BC) Balacrus (to 333 BC) Demetrius (to 331 BC) Lysimachus (to 323 BC) Ptolemy (son of Seleucus) (to 333 BC) Peithon (to 323 BC) Hephaestion (to 324 BC) Menes (to 330 BC) Leonnatus (to 323 BC) Perdiccas (to 323 BC) Ptolemy (to 323 BC) Peucestas (to 323 BC)
Satraps at the Partition of Babylon (323 BC)	Antipater (Macedon and Greece) Philo (Illyria) Lysimachus (Thrace) Leonnatus (Hellespontine Phrygia) Antigonus (Phrygia) Asander (Caria) Nearchus (Lycia and Pamphylia) Menander (Lydia) Philotas (Cilicia) Eumenes (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia) Ptolemy (Egypt) Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria) Neoptolemus (Armenia) Peucestas (Babylonia) Arcesilas (Mesopotamia) Peithon (Media) Tlepolemus (Persia) Nicanor (Parthia) Antigenes (Susiana) Archon (Pelasgia) Philip (Hyrcania) Stasanor (Aria and Drangiana) Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia) Amyntas (Bactria) Scythaeus (Sogdiana)
Satraps at the Partition of Triparadisus (321 BC)	Antipater (Macedon and Greece) Lysimachus (Thrace) Arrhidaeus (Hellespontine Phrygia) Antigonus (Phrygia, Lycia and Pamphylia) Cassander (Caria) Cleitus the White (Lydia) Philoxenus (Cilicia) Nicanor (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia) Ptolemy (Egypt) Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria) Peucestas (Persia) Amphimachus (Mesopotamia) Peithon (Media) Tlepolemus (Carmania) Philip (Parthia) Antigenes (Susiana) Seleucus (Babylonia) Stasanor (Bactria and Sogdiana) Stasander (Aria and Drangiana) Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)
Cavalry Generals	Perdiccas Hephaestion Philotas Ptolemy Cleitus the Black Antigonus Lysimachus Menander Leonnatus Laomedon of Mytilene Neoptolemus Erigyius Aretes Ariston of Paionia
Infantry Generals	Meleager Craterus Seleucus Polyperchon Antigenes Coenus Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)
Other or unknown command	Alcetas Amphimachus Amyntas Arcesilas Archon Asander Cleitus the White Nearchus Nicanor Nicanor Peithon Peucestas Philip Philo Philotas Philoxenus Scythaeus Sibyrtius Stasanor Stasander Tlepolemus
Son of Parmenion, d. 330 BC; to be distinguished from Satrap at Partition of Babylon; possibly Nicanor of Stageira Satrap at Partition of Babylon Son of Parmenion, d. 330 BC; to be distinguished from