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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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Also see Macedonia (Roman province)#Citizens. Sopater, (Veria 1st century BC), saint, accompanied by Paulos; Antipater of Thessalonica (late 1st century BC), epigrammatic poet and governor of the city; Philippus of Thessalonica (late 1st century AD), epigrammatic poet and compiler of the Greek Anthology; Saint Hermes, (Thessaloniki, Rome 120 AD)
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 .
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]
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 .