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Antipater (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ p ə t ər /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπατρος, romanized: Antipatros, lit. 'like the father'; c. 400 BC [3] – 319 BC) was a Macedonian general, regent and statesman under the successive kingships of Philip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great.
The Antipatrid dynasty (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ p ə t r ɪ d /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιπατρίδαι) was a Dorian Greek dynasty [1] of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon founded by Cassander, the son of Antipater, who declared himself King of Macedon in 302 BC. This dynasty did not last long; in 294 BC it was swiftly overthrown by the Antigonid ...
The Athenians, upon learning of the death of Alexander the Great in June 323 BC, decided to turn against Macedonian hegemony in the rest of Greece. Recruiting a force of mercenaries and joined by many other city-states, the Athenians were at first able to bring superior numbers against the enemy as Antipater, the Macedonian viceroy in Europe, was lacking sufficient troops due to the Macedonian ...
Antipater I of Macedon [1] (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος), was the son of Cassander and Thessalonike of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great. He was king of Macedon from 297 BC until 294 BC, jointly with his brother Alexander V .
Demosthenes committed suicide to avoid his capture by Macedonia. Once Antipater reached Boeotia, Athens sought for peace. The Athenian delegation to Antipater was composed of Demades and Phocion, the two leading politician who had spoken against the war with Macedonia, as well as Xenocrates of Chalcedon, the head of Plato's Academy. [89]
A Macedonian army led by Leonnatus rescued Antipater by lifting the siege. [120] Antipater defeated the rebellion, yet his death in 319 BC left a power vacuum wherein the two proclaimed kings of Macedonia became pawns in a power struggle between the diadochi, the former generals of Alexander's army. [121]
The battle was fought between the Greek allies who had rebelled against the Macedonian Empire, and Leonnatus, the Macedonian satrap of Phrygia. Leonnatus had arrived to aid the regent Antipater, who was under siege by the Greeks in Lamia. Ultimately, the Greeks emerged victorious, defeating the Macedonians.
Antipater Etesias (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος Ἐτησίας, Ἀntípatros Ἐtēsías) was a king of Macedon. He was the son of Cassander 's brother Phillip . He became king after the death of Ptolemy Keraunos and the ousting of Meleager .