Hephaestion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ancient Macedonian nobleman and general in the army of Alexander the Great, noted as a lifelong personal friend of Alexander's.

Word forms

Hephaestion

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡφαιστίων (Hēphaistíōn).

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