Antigonus
Antigonus (Template:Lang-grc), a Greek name meaning "comparable to his father" or "worthy of his father", may refer to:
- Three Macedonian kings of the Antigonid dynasty that succeeded Alexander the Great in Asia:
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus (382–301 BC)
- Antigonus II Gonatas (319–239 BC)
- Antigonus III Doson (263–221 BC)
- Antigonus, son of Echecrates, the brother of Antigonus III Doson
- Antigonus (historian), a Greek writer on history
- Antigonus of Alexandria, ancient Greek grammarian
- Antigonus of Cumae, ancient Greek writer on agriculture
- Antigonus, a writer on painting, mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius,[1] is perhaps the same as the sculptor with this name, whom we know to have written on statuary.
- Antigonus, a general of Perseus in the war with the Romans, was sent to Aenia to guard the coast.[2]
- Antigonus (sculptor), a Greek statuary
- Antigonus (physician), an ancient Greek surgeon
- Antigonos (son of Callas) Macedonian hetairos and athlete
- Antigonus of Carystus, 3rd century BC Greek writer on various subjects
- Antigonus of Sokho, Jewish scholar of the third century BC.
- Antigonus II Mattathias (died 37 BC), the last ruler of the Hasmonean kingdom of Judea
- Antigonus (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterflies
Notes
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius 7.12
- ^ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita Libri 44.26, 32
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Antigonus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 189.
