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Hephaestion (Ancient Greek: Ἡφαιστίων Hēphaistíōn; c. 356 BC – 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman of probable "Attic or Ionian extraction" and a general in the army of Alexander the Great. He was "by far the dearest of all the king's friends; he had been brought up with Alexander and shared all his secrets." This relationship…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Hephaestion | Allegiance | Macedonia | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hephaestion | Born | c. 356 BC Pella, Macedonia, Ancient Greece | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hephaestion | Commands | Companion cavalry | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hephaestion | Conflicts | Siege of Pelium Battle of Thebes Battle of the Granicus Siege of Halicarnassus Siege of Miletus Battle of Issus Siege of Tyre (332 BC) Siege of Gaza Battle of Gaugamela Battle o… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hephaestion | Died | Autumn 324 BC (aged c. 32) Ecbatana | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hephaestion | Rank | General, 2nd in command. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hephaestion | Spouse | Drypetis (princess of the Achaemenid dynasty in Persia) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hephaestion | Unit | Somatophylakes | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hephaestion | is a | major character is Jeanne Reames's novels Dancing with the Lion | 0.90 | text |
| those deployed in the spring of 328 BC | instance of | showing itself equal to learning new tactics necessary against Scythian nomads and to counter-insurgency measures | 0.80 | text |
| Mary Renault | instance of | with writers of fiction | 0.80 | text |
| the film director Oliver Stone among its proponents | instance of | with writers of fiction | 0.80 | text |
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