Alexarchus of Macedon

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Name Alexarchus Macedon Grandparents Iollas Siblings Cassander		Parents Antipater Role Antipater's son
Nephews Alexander V of Macedon, Antipater II of Macedon People also search for Antipater, Cassander, Pleistarchus, Philip

Alexarchus or Alexarch (Greek: Ἀλέξαρχος) was an Ancient Macedonian scholar and officer, son of Antipater and brother of Cassander. He lived around 350 to 290 BC. He is mentioned as the founder of a utopian town called Ouranopolis, in Chalcidice. Here he is said to have introduced a number of neologisms, which, though very expressive, appear to have been regarded slang or pedantic.

Glossary

ἀπύτης aputes for keryx herald (Attic ἠπύω êpuô, Doric and Arcadian apuô, call to)

ἀργυρὶς argyris <silver cup> for drachma

βροτοκέρτης brotokertes

for koureus barber

ἡμεροτροφὶς hemerotrophis <daily-food> for choinix dry measure

ὀρθροβόας orthroboas <morning-shouter> for alektor, alektryon rooster

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