Alexander (son of Cassander)
Also known as: Alexander · Family: Macedonian · Role: son of Cassander · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 10
In Book 1, Chapter 10, Alexander is identified as the son of Cassander, whose sons ruled after Cassander. The chapter says Demetrius (son of Antigonus) came to Macedonia at Alexander’s invitation, then killed him and took the kingdom. Book 1, Chapter 36, likewise says Philip (son of Demetrius) became king after slaying Alexander.
In Book 9, Chapter 7, Alexander is described as the youngest son of Thessalonice and the brother of Antipater the next. That chapter says he brought in Demetrius (son of Antigonus) to depose Antipater and punish him for matricide.
Relationship record
Life events
- Demetrius killed Alexander and seized the Macedonian kingdom.(Book 1 · Chapter 10 · 📍 Macedonia)
- With: Demetrius (son of Antigonus)
- “he had come to Macedonia on being sent for by Alexander the son of Cassander, and on his arrival had killed Alexander and taken in his stead the kingdom of the Macedonians.”
- Demetrius became the first of his family to rule Macedonia after slaying Alexander, the son of Cassander.(Book 1 · Chapter 36 · 📍 Macedonia)
- With: Demetrius (father of Philip)
- “This Philip was the son of Demetrius: who was the first of the family who was king of Macedonia, after slaying Alexander the son of Cassander”
- Alexander used Demetrius to depose Antipater and punish him for matricide.(Book 9 · Chapter 7)
- With: Demetrius (son of Antigonus) Antipater the next
- “And Alexander invited in Demetrius the son of Antigonus, and succeeded by his help in deposing his brother Antipater, and punishing him for his matricide”
Book 1 · Chapter 10
- parent: Cassander “Alexander the son of Cassander”
- with Cassander (Alexander is one of Cassander's sons and is included among the rulers.) “Now as long as Aridæus, and after him Cassander and his sons, ruled,”
- with Demetrius (son of Antigonus) (Demetrius killed Alexander and took the Macedonian kingdom.) “on his arrival had killed Alexander and taken in his stead the kingdom of the Macedonians.”
Book 1 · Chapter 36
- parent: Cassander “This Philip was the son of Demetrius: who was the first of the family who was king of Macedonia, after slaying Alexander the son of Cassander, as I have before related.”
- with Demetrius (father of Philip) (Demetrius slew Alexander.) “This Philip was the son of Demetrius: who was the first of the family who was king of Macedonia, after slaying Alexander the son of Cassander, as I have before related.”
Book 9 · Chapter 7
- parent: Thessalonice “His motive for putting her to death was that she was too partial to Alexander her youngest son.”
- siblings with Antipater the next “And Alexander invited in Demetrius the son of Antigonus, and succeeded by his help in deposing his brother Antipater”
- with Demetrius (son of Antigonus) (Demetrius helped Alexander depose Antipater but was regarded as more a murderer than an ally.) “And Alexander invited in Demetrius the son of Antigonus, and succeeded by his help in deposing his brother Antipater, and punishing him for his matricide, but seemed in Demetrius to find rather a murderer than ally.”
- with Antipater the next (interaction) “succeeded by his help in deposing his brother Antipater, and punishing him for his matricide”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.