Hipparchus (cavalry officer)

{{Short description|Military title in ancient Greece}} '''''Hipparchus''''', anglicized '''hipparch''' ({{langx|el|ἵππαρχος|hipparchos}}), was the title of an [[ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] [[cavalry]] officer, commanding a ''hipparchia'' (unit of about 500 horsemen).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Peck |first=Harry Thurston |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXIMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA821 |title=Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities |date=1896 |publisher=Harper |page=821 |language=en}}</ref>

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