Antigonus or Antigonos ( grc, Ἀντίγονος), a Greek name meaning "comparable to his father" or "worthy of his father", may refer to:

Rulers

* Three Macedonian kings of the

Antigonid dynasty The Antigonid dynasty (; grc-gre, Ἀντιγονίδαι) was a Hellenistic dynasty of Dorian Greek provenance, descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus ("the One-Eyed") that ruled mainly in Macedonia. History ...

that succeeded Alexander the Great: **

Antigonus I Monophthalmus Antigonus I Monophthalmus ( grc-gre, Ἀντίγονος Μονόφθαλμος , 'the One-Eyed'; 382 – 301 BC), son of Philip from Elimeia, was a Macedonian Greek nobleman, general, satrap, and king. During the first half of his life he serv ...

(382–301 BC) **

Antigonus II Gonatas Antigonus II Gonatas ( grc-gre, Ἀντίγονος Γονατᾶς, ; – 239 BC) was a Macedonian ruler who solidified the position of the Antigonid dynasty in Macedon after a long period defined by anarchy and chaos and acquired fame for ...

(319–239 BC) **

Antigonus III Doson Antigonus III Doson ( el, Ἀντίγονος Γ΄ Δώσων, 263–221 BC) was king of Macedon from 229 BC to 221 BC. He was a member of the Antigonid dynasty. Family background Antigonus III Doson was a half-cousin of his predecessor, Demetri ...

(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) 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 ...

, son of Menophilus, Seleucid admiral of the mid-2nd century BC * Antigonus, a general of King Perseus in the

Third Macedonian War The Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC) was a war fought between the Roman Republic and King Perseus of Macedon. In 179 BC, King Philip V of Macedon died and was succeeded by his ambitious son Perseus. He was anti-Roman and stirred anti-Roman f ...

, was sent to Aenia to guard the coast

Authors

Antigonus (historian) Antigonus ( grc, Ἀντίγονος) 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 (; grc-gre, ...

, Greek writer on history *

Antigonus of Alexandria Antigonus ( grc, Ἀντίγονος) 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, ...

, ancient Greek grammarian * Antigonus of Carystus, 3rd century BC Greek writer on various subjects *

Antigonus of Cumae Antigonus ( grc, Ἀντίγονος) of Cumae in Asia Minor was an ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divi ...

, ancient Greek writer on agriculture *

Antigonus of Sokho Antigonus of Sokho ( he, אנטיגנוס איש סוכו) was the first scholar of whom Pharisee tradition has preserved not only the name but also an important theological doctrine. He flourished about the first half of the third century BCE. ...

, Jewish scholar of the 3rd century BC * Antigonus, writer on painting, mentioned by

Diogenes Laërtius Diogenes Laërtius ( ; grc-gre, Διογένης Λαέρτιος, ; ) was a biographer of the Ancient Greece, Greek philosophers. Nothing is definitively known about his life, but his surviving ''Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers'' is a ...

Others

Antigonus (physician) Antigonus ( grc, Ἀντίγονος) 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 sam ...

, an ancient Greek surgeon *

Antigonus (sculptor) Antigonus ( grc, Ἀντίγονος) 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 Att ...

, a Greek sculptor of the 3rd century BC * Antigonos (son of Callas), Macedonian hetairos and athlete of the late 4th century BC * ''Antigonus'' (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterflies