Antipater Etesias (
GreekAncient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic , Classical , and Hellenistic periods of ancient Greece and the ancient world. It is predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
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Ἀντίπατρος Ετησίας, 279 BC) was the nephew of
CassanderCassander , King of Macedonia , was a son of Antipater, and founder of the Antipatrid dynasty.-Early history:...
. He became king after the death of
Ptolemy KeraunosPtolemy Keraunos was the King of Macedon from 281 BC to 279 BC.He was the eldest son of Ptolemy I Soter, ruler of Egypt, and his first wife Eurydice, daughter of Antipater. His younger half-brother, also called Ptolemy, became heir apparent and, in 282 BC, ascended to the throne as Ptolemy II...
and the ousting of
MeleagerMeleager of Macedon was the brother of Ptolemy Ceraunus and son of Ptolemy I Soter. Meleager ruled in 279 BC for two months before being deposed....
. His reign lasted only few months before he was killed by his cousin
SosthenesSosthenes was a Macedonian king and general from the Antipatrid dynasty. He reigned as king 279 BC - 277 BC. During the reign of Lysimachus he was his governor in Asia Minor. In 279 BC he killed his cousin Antipater II of Macedon, who was king of Macedon. Sosthenes was extremely popular because he...
. The Macedonians gave Antipater the name Etesias, because the Etesian winds blow at the short time that he was king.
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Antipater Etesias (
GreekAncient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic , Classical , and Hellenistic periods of ancient Greece and the ancient world. It is predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
:
Ἀντίπατρος Ετησίας, 279 BC) was the nephew of
CassanderCassander , King of Macedonia , was a son of Antipater, and founder of the Antipatrid dynasty.-Early history:...
. He became king after the death of
Ptolemy KeraunosPtolemy Keraunos was the King of Macedon from 281 BC to 279 BC.He was the eldest son of Ptolemy I Soter, ruler of Egypt, and his first wife Eurydice, daughter of Antipater. His younger half-brother, also called Ptolemy, became heir apparent and, in 282 BC, ascended to the throne as Ptolemy II...
and the ousting of
MeleagerMeleager of Macedon was the brother of Ptolemy Ceraunus and son of Ptolemy I Soter. Meleager ruled in 279 BC for two months before being deposed....
. His reign lasted only few months before he was killed by his cousin
SosthenesSosthenes was a Macedonian king and general from the Antipatrid dynasty. He reigned as king 279 BC - 277 BC. During the reign of Lysimachus he was his governor in Asia Minor. In 279 BC he killed his cousin Antipater II of Macedon, who was king of Macedon. Sosthenes was extremely popular because he...
. The Macedonians gave Antipater the name Etesias, because the Etesian winds blow at the short time that he was king.
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