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Antigonus
Antigonus or Antigonos (), a Greek name meaning "comparable to his father" or "worthy of his father", may refer to: Rulers * Three Macedonian kings of the Antigonid dynasty that succeeded Alexander the Great: ** Antigonus I Monophthalmus (382–301 BC) ** Antigonus II Gonatas (319–239 BC) ** Antigonus III Doson (263–221 BC) *** Antigonus, son of Echecrates, the nephew of Antigonus III Doson * Antigonus II Mattathias (died 37 BC), last ruler of the Hasmonean kingdom of Judea Military leaders * Antigonus (Seleucid admiral), son of Menophilus, Seleucid admiral of the mid-2nd century BC * Antigonus, a general of King Perseus in the Third Macedonian War, was sent to Aenia to guard the coast Authors * Antigonus (historian), Greek writer on history * Antigonus of Alexandria, ancient Greek grammarian * Antigonus of Carystus, 3rd century BC Greek writer on various subjects * Antigonus of Cumae, ancient Greek writer on agriculture * Antigonus of Sokho, Jewish scholar of the 3rd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus II Gonatas
Antigonus II Gonatas (, ; – 239 BC) was a Macedonian Greek ruler who solidified the position of the Antigonid dynasty in Macedon after a long period defined by anarchy and chaos and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had invaded the Balkans. Birth and family Antigonus Gonatas was born around 320 BC. The origin of the Hellenistic nickname Gonatas is unknown. He was descended from the Diadochi (the successors of Alexander the Great) on both his father's and mother's side. His father was Demetrius Poliorcetes, himself the son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, who then controlled much of Asia. His mother was Phila, the daughter of Antipater, who had controlled Macedonia and the rest of Greece since 334 BC and was recognized as regent of the empire, which in theory remained united. Cassander, Antipater's oldest son who would become King of Macedon in 305 BC, was his uncle. The year of Antigonus Gonatas' birth, however, Antipater died, leading to further strugg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Antigonus I Monophthalmus ( , "Antigonus the One-Eyed"; 382 – 301 BC) was a Ancient Macedonians, Macedonian Greek general and Diadochi, successor of Alexander the Great. A prominent military leader in Alexander's army, he went on to control large parts of Empire of Alexander the Great, Alexander's former empire. He assumed the title of ''basileus'' (king) in 306 BC and reigned until his death. He was the founder of the Antigonid dynasty, which ruled over Macedonia until its conquest by the Roman Republic in 168 BC. Antigonus likely served under Philip II of Macedon. He took part in Alexander's Wars of Alexander the Great, invasion of Achaemenid Persia and was named satrap of Phrygia. After Alexander's death in 323 BC, he also received Pamphylia and Lycia in accordance with the Partition of Babylon. However, he later incurred the enmity of Perdiccas, the regent of Alexander's empire, and was driven from Phrygia. He fled to Greece and formed an alliance with Antipater, later joine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus II Mattathias
Antigonus II Mattathias ( ''Antígonos''; , ''Mattīṯyāhū''), also known as Antigonus the Hasmonean (died 37 BCE) was the last Hasmonean dynasty, Hasmonean king of Judea. He was the son of King Aristobulus II of Judea. In 37 BCE Herod the Great, Herod handed him over to the Romans for execution, after Antigonus's three-year reign during which he led the Jews' fierce struggle for independence against the Romans. Rome Antigonus was the second son of Aristobulus II, and together with his father, were carried off to Rome as prisoners by Pompey in 63 BCE. Antigonus eventually escaped and returned to Judea, Judaea in 57 BCE. Despite an unsuccessful attempt to oppose the Roman forces there, the senate released him, yet he refused to surrender his dynastic rights. After the death of his older brother Alexander of Judaea, Alexander, Antigonus claimed that his uncle Hyrcanus II was a puppet of Antipater the Idumaean and attempted to overthrow him with the help and consent of the Romans. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus III Doson
Antigonus III Doson () was king of Macedon from 229 BC to 221 BC. He was a member of the Antigonid dynasty. He was called Euergetes, Soter and Guardian (ἐπίτροπος) as he was the Legal guardian, guardian of Philip V of Macedon. Family background Antigonus III Doson was a half-cousin of his predecessor, Demetrius II Aetolicus. Doson's father was Demetrius the Fair (briefly king of Cyrene), the son of Demetrius I of Macedon, Demetrius Poliorcetes and his third wife, Ptolemaïs, daughter of Ptolemy I Soter and Eurydice of Egypt, Eurydice, daughter of Antipater. As such, Demetrius the Fair was, on his father's side, a younger half-brother of Demetrius II of Macedon, Demetrius II's father, Antigonus II Gonatas, the son of Poliorcetes by his first wife, Phila (daughter of Antipater), Phila, another of Antipater's daughters; as well as a nephew of both Ptolemy Keraunos and Meleager (king), Meleager on his mother's side. According to Eusebius, Doson's own mother was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus Of Sokho
Antigonus of Sokho () was one of the first scholars of whom Jewish tradition has preserved not only the name but also an important theological doctrine. He flourished in the first decades of the second century BCE. According to the Mishnah, he was the disciple of Simon the Just (). Antigonus is the first noted Jew to have a Greek name, a fact commonly discussed by scholars regarding the extent of Hellenic influence on Judaism following the conquest of Judaea by Alexander the Great. A street in the Katamonim neighborhood of Jerusalem is named after him. Sadducees and Boethusians Traditional Jewish sources connect Antigonus with the origin of the Sadducees and Boethusians. These sources argue that the Sadducee group originated ''in tandem'' with the Boethusian group during the Second Temple period, with their founders, Zadok and Boethus, both being individual students of Antigonus of Sokho. Surviving quotation His sole surviving quotation ran: "Be not like servants who ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus, Son Of Echecrates
Antigonus (), son of Echecrates, named after his uncle Antigonus III Doson. He revealed to Philip V of Macedon a few months before his death in 179 BCE, the false accusations of his son Perseus of Macedon against his other son Demetrius, in consequence of which Philip put the latter to death. Indignant at the conduct of Perseus, Philip appointed Antigonus his successor; but on his death, Perseus obtained possession of the throne, and had Antigonus killed.Livy, ''Ab Urbe Condita Libri The ''History of Rome'', perhaps originally titled , and frequently referred to as (), is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius, better known in English as "Livy". ...'' 40.54-58 Notes 3rd-century BC Macedonians 3rd-century BC Greek people Antigonid dynasty {{AncientGreece-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus (Seleucid Admiral)
Antigonus, son of Menophilus was a Seleucid official (nauarchos). He served under king Alexander ( I or II), in the mid-2nd century BC. He is known from an inscription found in the city of Miletus. The inscription The inscription of Antigonus was found in 1963 on a marble block which was part of the ''Gotenmauer'' wall in Miletus. In the view of Peter Herrmann, the re-used block came from the necropolis of the city. The first two lines read: Ἀντίγονος Μηνοφίλου ὁ γενόμενος ναύαρχος Ἀλε-ξάνδρου τοῦ Συρίας βασιλέως· ''Antígonos Mēnophílou ho genómenos naúarchos Ale-xándrou toû Syrías Basiléо̄s.'' Importance The first lines translate as "Antigonus, son of Menophilus, the former admiral of Alexander, king of Syria" (either Alexander I Balas or Alexander II Zabinas Alexander II Theos Epiphanes Nikephoros ( ''Aléxandros Theòs Epiphanḕs Nikēphóros'', surnamed Zabinas; 150 BC – 123 BC) was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus (sculptor)
Antigonus () was a sculptor of ancient Greece, and an eminent writer upon his art, was one of the artists who represented the battles of Attalus I and Eumenes against the Gauls. He lived, therefore, about 239 BCE, when Attalus I, king of Pergamus, conquered the Gauls. According to Pliny, Antigonus sculpted statues of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, and a "Perixyomenos" – probably a sculpture of a man scraping himself. He may have been the same Antigonus who wrote on the art of painting and was mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius Diogenes Laërtius ( ; , ; ) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Little is definitively known about his life, but his surviving book ''Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers'' is a principal source for the history of ancient Greek ph ....William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Notes 3rd-century BC Greek writers 3rd-century BC Greek sculptors {{AncientGreece-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus (historian)
Antigonus () was a Greek historian. Antigonus wrote a history of Rome. It has been speculated that this historian and the "King Antigonus" mentioned by Plutarch, are one and the same.Plutarch Plutarch (; , ''Ploútarchos'', ; – 120s) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo (Delphi), Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''Parallel Lives'', ..., ''the Life of Romulus'' 17 Notes Ancient Greek historians known only from secondary sources {{AncientGreece-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus Of Alexandria
Antigonus () of Alexandria was a grammarian of ancient Greece who is referred to by Erotian in his ''Prooemium'' and his ''Prenira''. He is perhaps the same person as the Antigonus of whom the Scholiast on Nicander speaks, and identical with Antigonus, the commentator of Hippocrates Hippocrates of Kos (; ; ), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician and philosopher of the Classical Greece, classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is traditionally referr .... Erotian, p. 13 Notes Ancient Greek grammarians Ancient Greek writers known only from secondary sources {{AncientGreece-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus Of Carystus
Antigonus of Carystus (; ; ), a Greek writer on various subjects, flourished in the 3rd century BCE. After some time spent at Athens and travelling, he was summoned to the court of Attalus I (241 BCE–197 BCE) of Pergamum. His chief work is the ''Successions of Philosophers'' drawn from personal knowledge, with considerable fragments preserved in Athenaeus and Diogenes Laërtius. His work ' (', "Collection of Wonderful Tales"), a paradoxographical work chiefly extracted from the ' ('' On Marvellous Things Heard'') attributed to Aristotle and the ' ("Thaumasia") of Callimachus Callimachus (; ; ) was an ancient Greek poet, scholar, and librarian who was active in Alexandria during the 3rd century BC. A representative of Ancient Greek literature of the Hellenistic period, he wrote over 800 literary works, most of which ..., survived to modernity. It is doubtful whether he is identical to the sculptor who, according to Pliny (''Nat. Hist.'' xxxiv. 19), wrote books on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonus (physician)
Antigonus () was an ancient Greek army surgeon, mentioned by Galen, who must therefore have lived in or before the second century CE. Marcellus Empiricus quotes a physician of the same name, who may very possibly be the same person; and Lucian mentions an impudent quack named Antigonus, who among other things, said that one of his patients had been restored to life after having been buried for twenty days.Lucian, ''Philopseudes ''The Lover of Lies'', also known as ''The Doubter'' or ''Philopseudes'' (), is a frame story written by the Syrian satirist Lucian of Samosata. It is written in the Attic dialect of ancient Greek. It is primarily a work of satire making fun of ...'', §§ 21, 25, 26. vol. iii. ed. Tauchn Notes 2nd-century Greek physicians {{AncientGreece-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
