Machatas of Elimaea

Machatas of Elimeia was an Upper Macedonian , father of Harpalus, and of Philip, the satrap of India.

He was a brother of Derdas and Phila, one of the many wives of Philip II, and belonged to the family of the princess of Elimiotis. After the expulsion of those princess he seems to have resided at the court of Philip, though it would appear from an anecdote recorded by Plutarch that he hardly enjoyed consideration corresponding to his former rank.