Pausanias' Description of Greece

Thessalonice

Family: Macedonian · Role: daughter of Philip and Nicasipolis · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 7

Thessalonice was the daughter of Philip (the son of Amyntas) and Nicasipolis. In Book 9, Chapter 7, Antipater the next killed her; his motive was that she was too partial to her youngest son, Alexander (son of Cassander).

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Life events

  • Antipater the next killed Thessalonice.(Book 9 · Chapter 7)
    • With: Antipater the next
    • “Antipater the next killed his mother Thessalonice, the daughter of Philip (the son of Amyntas) and Nicasipolis.”

Book 9 · Chapter 7

  • child: Antipater the next “Antipater the next killed his mother Thessalonice”
  • parent: Philip (son of Amyntas) “Thessalonice, the daughter of Philip (the son of Amyntas) and Nicasipolis.”
  • parent: Nicasipolis “Thessalonice, the daughter of Philip (the son of Amyntas) and Nicasipolis.”
  • child: Alexander (son of Cassander) “His motive for putting her to death was that she was too partial to Alexander her youngest son.”
  • with Antipater the next (Antipater killed Thessalonice.) “Antipater the next killed his mother Thessalonice”

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