Plutarch's Lives

Antigonid — Minor Figures

3 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Antigonus (son of Demetrius)

son and successor of Demetrius · first appears Demetrius

  • Demetrius · parent: Demetrius Poliorcetes “his son Antigonus had already defeated the Boeotians in battle”
  • Demetrius · child: Demetrius Poliorcetes “his son Antigonus, understanding that his remains were coming over from Syria, went with all his fleet to the islands to meet them.”

Philip (son of Antigonus)

brother of Demetrius · first appears Demetrius

  • Demetrius · siblings with Demetrius Poliorcetes “Antigonus had by his wife, Stratonice, the daughter of Corrhaeus, two sons; the one of whom, after the name of his uncle, he called Demetrius, the other had that of his grandfather Philip, and died young.”

Medius

friend of Antigonus · first appears Demetrius

  • Demetrius · friends with Antigonus “The issue of the contest was intimated in a dream which Medius, a friend to Antigonus, had at this time in his sleep.”

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