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 <caller> for keryx herald (Attic ἠπύω êpuô, Doric and Arcadian apuô, call to)

ἀργυρὶς argyris <silver cup> for drachma

βροτοκέρτης brotokertes <mortal-shaver> for koureus barber

ἡμεροτροφὶς hemerotrophis <daily-food> for choinix dry measure

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

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