Harpalus

Macedonian noble and official

365 BCE to 323 BCE

Harpalus, son of Machatas, is an aristocrat of Macedon and boyhood friend of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE.

Being lame in a leg, and therefore exempt from military service, Harpalus does not follow Alexander in his advance within the Persian Empire but receives nonetheless a post in Asia Minor.

Alexander reportedly contacted him with a demand of reading material for his spare time.

Harpalus sent his King theatrical plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the history of Philistus and odes by Philoxenus and Telestes.

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