Pausanias' Description of Greece

Antipater the next

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

Antipater the next was a son of Cassander and brother of Philip the eldest and Alexander (son of Cassander). He killed his mother, Thessalonice, who was the daughter of Philip (the son of Amyntas) and Nicasipolis.

Afterward, Alexander (son of Cassander) brought in Demetrius (son of Antigonus), whose help enabled him to depose Antipater and punish him for matricide.

Relationship record

Life events

  • Antipater the next killed Thessalonice.(Book 9 · Chapter 7)
    • With: Thessalonice
    • “Antipater the next killed his mother Thessalonice, the daughter of Philip (the son of Amyntas) and Nicasipolis.”
  • Alexander used Demetrius to depose Antipater and punish him for matricide.(Book 9 · Chapter 7)

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 Philip the eldest “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”
  • parent: Thessalonice “Antipater the next killed his mother Thessalonice”
  • siblings with Alexander (son of Cassander) “And Alexander invited in Demetrius the son of Antigonus, and succeeded by his help in deposing his brother Antipater”
  • with Thessalonice (Antipater killed Thessalonice.) “Antipater the next killed his mother Thessalonice”
  • with Alexander (son of Cassander) (interaction) “succeeded by his help in deposing his brother Antipater, and punishing him for his matricide”
  • with Demetrius (son of Antigonus) (interaction) “succeeded by his help in deposing his brother Antipater, and punishing him for his matricide”

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