Alexander (son of Olympias)

Also known as: Alexander · Family: Macedonian · Role: son of Olympias, grandson of Neoptolemus · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 11

In Book 1, Chapter 11, Alexander is identified as the son of Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemus, and as a cousin of Pyrrhus (son of Æacides) through their shared ancestry: Neoptolemus and Arybbas had the same father. The text says they were “only related to Alexander by ancestry.”

By Book 9, Chapter 7, Alexander’s sons Hercules, born to Barsine, and Alexander, born to Roxana, are described as poisoned. Cassander is said to have acted chiefly out of hatred for Alexander, endeavouring “to destroy all the house of Alexander”.

Relationship record

Book 1 · Chapter 11

parent: Olympias “For Pyrrhus was the son of Æacides the son of Arybbas, whereas Alexander was the son of Olympias the daughter of Neoptolemus.”
with Pyrrhus (son of Æacides) (interaction) “This Pyrrhus was only related to Alexander by ancestry.”
cousins with Pyrrhus (son of Æacides) “This Pyrrhus was only related to Alexander by ancestry. For Pyrrhus was the son of Æacides the son of Arybbas, whereas Alexander was the son of Olympias the daughter of Neoptolemus. Now, Neoptolemus and Arybbas had the same father”

Book 9 · Chapter 7

parent: Olympias “Olympias Alexander’s mother”
child: Hercules (son of Alexander) “he poisoned the sons of Alexander, Hercules his son by Barsine, and Alexander his son by Roxana.”
child: Alexander his son by Roxana “he poisoned the sons of Alexander, Hercules his son by Barsine, and Alexander his son by Roxana.”
enemies with Cassander “And I think Cassander restored Thebes chiefly out of hatred to Alexander: for he endeavoured to destroy all the house of Alexander”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.