Macedonian — Minor Figures

11 figures from Pausanias' Description of Greece who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Alexander (successor of Philip)

king · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 6

• Book 9 · Chapter 6 · with Philip (son of Amyntas) “but after the death of Philip and accession of Alexander the Thebans took it into their head to eject this garrison”

Cleopatra (daughter of Philip)

woman · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 44

• Book 1 · Chapter 44 · parent: Philip (son of Amyntas) “Cleopatra, the daughter of Philip the son of Amyntas”
• Book 1 · Chapter 44 · with Telephanes “they say that this tomb was erected by Cleopatra, the daughter of Philip the son of Amyntas”

Perdiccas

general · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 6

• Book 1 · Chapter 6 · enemies with Ptolemy (son of Lagus) “but, feeling sure that Perdiccas would go to war with him, he filled Egypt with garrisons”
• Book 1 · Chapter 6 · with Alexander (son of Alexander) “Perdiccas, to give a specious colour to his expedition, led about with him Aridæus the son of Philip, and the lad Alexander, the son of Alexander by Roxana the daughter of Oxyartes”

Philip (brother of Cassander)

brother of Cassander · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 11

• Book 1 · Chapter 11 · enemies with Æacides “And a battle being fought between Philip (the brother of Cassander) and Æacides at Œnidæ, Æacides was wounded and died no long time after.”
• Book 1 · Chapter 11 · siblings with Cassander “Philip (the brother of Cassander)”

Philip the eldest

eldest son of Cassander · first appears 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”
• Book 9 · Chapter 7 · siblings with Antipater the next “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”

Aristodemus (the Macedonian)

commander · first appears Book 10 · Chapter 20

• Book 10 · Chapter 20 · with Antigonus (king of Macedon) “those that were sent by Antigonus were led by Aristodemus the Macedonian”

Macedonian Pausanias

first appears Book 2 · Chapter 33

• Book 2 · Chapter 33 · with Harpalus “Harpalus, after having fled from Athens and crossed over with the fleet to Crete, was murdered not long afterwards by some of his attendant slaves: but some say he was treacherously murdered by the Macedonian Pausanias.”

Alexander (opponent of Leosthenes)

opponent of Leosthenes · first appears Book 8 · Chapter 52

• Book 8 · Chapter 52 · with Leosthenes “Leosthenes against the wishes of Alexander brought back safe to Greece in ships 50,000 Greeks who had served under the pay of Persia”
• Book 8 · Chapter 52 · with Leosthenes “I consider also Leosthenes and Aratus the benefactors of all Greece, for Leosthenes against the wishes of Alexander brought back safe to Greece in ships 50,000 Greeks who had served under the pay of Persia.”

Nicasipolis

mother of Thessalonice · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 7

• Book 9 · Chapter 7 · child: Thessalonice “Thessalonice, the daughter of Philip (the son of Amyntas) and Nicasipolis.”

Barsine

mother of Hercules · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 7

• Book 9 · Chapter 7 · child: Hercules (son of Alexander) “Hercules his son by Barsine”

Leonnatus

opponent of Adrastus · first appears Book 7 · Chapter 6

• Book 7 · Chapter 6 · enemies with Adrastus (the Lydian) “the inscription they wrote upon it was that he died fighting for the Greeks against Leonnatus.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.