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Antipater is known to have had a long-standing friendship with the Athenian statesman Phocion; it may originate from this visit or earlier interactions. [20] Antipater started as a great friend to both the young Alexander and the boy's mother, Olympias, and aided Alexander in the struggle to secure his succession after Philip's death, in 336 BC ...
Cassander is first recorded as arriving at Alexander the Great's court in Babylon in 323 BC, where he had been sent by his father, Antipater, most likely to help uphold Antipater's regency in Macedon, although a later contemporary who was hostile to the Antipatrids suggested that Cassander had journeyed to the court to poison the King. [10]
Alexander is a 2004 epic historical drama film based on the life of the ancient Macedonian general and king Alexander the Great. [4] It was co-written and directed by Oliver Stone and starred Colin Farrell.
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 .
Demetrius' wife Phila was a daughter of Antipater, and ancestor of all subsequent Antigonid kings of Macedon, except Antigonus III Doson, through her son Antigonus II Gonatas. Antigonus III Doson was descended from the marriage of Demetrius and Ptolemais, who was a daughter of Ptolemy I Soter and mother of Doson's father, Demetrius the Fair ...
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 ...
Antipater also requested the extradition of the Athenian leaders who had pushed for the war against Macedonia. Demades carried the subsequent motion in the ecclesia sentencing to death these leaders, of whom the most prominent included Demosthenes, Hypereides , and Eucrates, who were hunted by Macedonian henchmen throughout Greece.
Craterus and Polyperchon were appointed to lead 11,500 veteran soldiers back to Macedonia and replace Antipater [3] who was ordered to lead a fresh contingent of soldiers to join Alexander's army in the east. [4] But Craterus' arrival to Macedonia was delayed by a lack of vessels for the transport over the sea. [4]