Alexander

Family: Thessalians · Role: prince of Thessaly · First appears: Book 6, section 4, part 3/3

Alexander, prince of Thessaly, killed Polyphron to avenge Polydorus and end the tyranny, then “assumed the reins of office.” He was later killed in a plot carried out by his wife’s brothers, including Tisiphonus.

Relationship record

Life events

• Alexander killed Polyphron to avenge Polydorus and end the tyranny.(Book 6, section 4, part 3/3)
  • With: Polyphron
  • “he, in his turn, was done to death by Alexander, who slew him to avenge Polydorus and to destroy the tyranny.”
• Alexander assumed the reins of office after killing Polyphron.(Book 6, section 4, part 3/3)
  • “This man now assumed the reins of office”
• Alexander was killed in a plot carried out by his wife's brothers, including Tisiphonus.(Book 6, section 4, part 3/3)
  • With: Tisiphonus
  • “The perpetrators of the deed were his wife's brothers.”

Book 6, section 4, part 3/3

• with Polyphron (Alexander killed Polyphron to avenge Polydorus and destroy the tyranny.) “But while he was thus employed, he, in his turn, was done to death by Alexander, who slew him to avenge Polydorus and to destroy the tyranny.”
• with Tisiphonus (Tisiphonus succeeded Alexander in holding the government.) “Of the brothers who executed it, the eldest, Tisiphonus, in virtue of his seniority accepted, and up to the date of this history succeeded in holding, the government.”
• with Polydorus (Alexander avenged Polydorus.) “But while he was thus employed, he, in his turn, was done to death by Alexander, who slew him to avenge Polydorus and to destroy the tyranny.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hellenica. Made with Rho MD.