Antipater
398?–319 b.c, Macedonian statesman and general: regent of Macedonia 334–323.
Historical Examples
Plutarch says that Alexander wrote to Antipater that he had been wounded in the thigh with a dagger, but did not say by whom.
The Anabasis of Alexander Arrian of Nicomedia
Two proposals were made to him—one by Olympias, and one by Antipater.
Pyrrhus Jacob Abbott
One of them, Antipater, was the local governor of this Idumean province.
A Thousand Years of Jewish History Maurice H. (Maurice Henry) Harris
As soon as Antipater learned this, he resolved at once upon open war.
Pyrrhus Jacob Abbott
The king also bound Antipater, and sent away to inform Caesar of his misfortunes.
The Wars of the Jews or History of the Destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus
Antipater had a son named Cassander, who was a general in his army.
Pyrrhus Jacob Abbott
Antipater continued to be Pompey’s faithful ally, until the Roman general met with a miserable end in Egypt.
History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6) Heinrich Graetz
There was another son of Antipater, however, named Nicanor, who was then in Macedon.
Pyrrhus Jacob Abbott
When a prisoner to the soldiers of Antipater, he asked to enter a temple.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3) Isaac Disraeli
There, in spite of the holiness of the place, Antipater’s guards came to get him.
The Story of the Greeks H. A. Guerber
noun
?398–319 bc, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: regent of Macedon (334–323)
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