Antipater
Family: Macedon · Role: writer · First appears: Comparison of Alcibiades with Coriolanus
At Athens, Antipater’s terms were accepted, and a Macedonian garrison commanded by Menyllus was installed under his governorship; Menyllus was described as fair-dealing and an acquaintance of Phocion. After returning to public service, Demosthenes continued his opposition to Antipater and the Macedonians. When the temple no longer sheltered him, Demosthenes used concealed poison to escape Antipater’s soldiers. Antipater was counted among the enemies of Demosthenes and Eumenes.
Antipater called Phocion and Demades his “two friends at Athens,” while he treated Xenocrates with such dislike that he would not acknowledge him. Leonnatus and Macedonians from Asia joined him, and Alexander commanded him to keep a life-guard nearby; yet Alexander also feared Antipater and his sons, amid a faction raised against him by Olympias and Cleopatra. Antipater was the father of Iolaus, Cassander, and Phila in the supplied accounts, and Iolaus was Alexander’s chief cupbearer; another account calls Antipater the eldest son of Cassander, who killed his mother Thessalonica and expelled his brother Alexander. He also wrote about Aristotle after the philosopher’s death.
Relationship record
Life events
- Athens accepted Antipater's terms and received a Macedonian garrison commanded by Menyllus.(Phocion · 📍 Munychia)
- Demosthenes resumed public service and opposed Antipater and the Macedonians.(Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero · 📍 Greece)
- With: Demosthenes
- “And, after his return, he again devoted himself to the same public service, and continued firm to his opposition to Antipater and the Macedonians.”
- Demosthenes used concealed poison to escape Antipater's soldiers.(Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero)
- With: Demosthenes
- “When the temple of the god no longer afforded him a sanctuary, he took refuge, as it were, at a mightier altar, freeing himself from arms and soldiers, and laughing to scorn the cruelty of Antipater.”
Comparison of Alcibiades with Coriolanus
- with Aristotle (Antipater wrote a letter upon Aristotle's death.) “Antipater, in a letter written upon the death of Aristotle the philosopher, observes, ”
Pyrrhus
- parent: Cassander “Of Cassander's sons, Antipater, the eldest”
- parent: Thessalonica “Antipater, the eldest, killed Thessalonica his mother”
- siblings with Alexander “expelled his brother Alexander”
Eumenes
- enemies with Eumenes “he could not so suddenly be reconciled to his old enemy Antipater”
Alexander
- rivals with Olympias “Olympias and Cleopatra had raised a faction against Antipater”
- rivals with Cleopatra “Olympias and Cleopatra had raised a faction against Antipater”
- with Alexander (interaction) “his greatest apprehension was of Antipater and his sons”
- child: Iolaus “one of whom, Iolaus, was his chief cupbearer”
- employer: Alexander “He wrote to Antipater, commanding him to keep a life-guard about him”
Phocion
- friends with Phocion “Antipater was wont to say, he had two friends at Athens, Phocion and Demades”
- friends with Demades “Antipater was wont to say, he had two friends at Athens, Phocion and Demades”
- with Demades (interaction) “Antipater and the Macedonians”
- with Leonnatus (interaction) “Leonnatus and the Macedonians who came with him out of Asia, had arrived and joined Antipater”
- with Xenocrates (interaction) “Antipater showed such a want of feeling, and such a dislike of goodness. He saluted everyone else, but would not so much as notice Xenocrates.”
Demosthenes
- enemies with Demosthenes “sentence of death was, upon the motion of Demades, passed upon them by the people.”
Demetrius
- child: Phila “Phila, who was Antipater's daughter”
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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.