Pausanias' Description of Greece

Philip the eldest

Family: Macedonian · Role: eldest son of Cassander · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 7

Philip the eldest was the eldest son of Cassander. Not long after his accession, he was taken off by consumption; he was the sibling of Antipater the next.

Relationship record

Life events

  • Philip the eldest died of consumption.(Book 9 · Chapter 7)
    • “Philip the eldest not long after his accession was taken off by consumption”

Book 9 · Chapter 7

  • parent: Cassander “And of his sons, Philip the eldest not long after his accession was taken off by consumption, and Antipater the next killed his mother Thessalonice”
  • siblings with Antipater the next “And of his sons, Philip the eldest not long after his accession was taken off by consumption, and Antipater the next killed his mother Thessalonice”

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