LYSIMACHUS

līsĭmˈəkəs, c.355–281 b.c., Thessalian general of Alexander the Great. He was a commander in Alexander's fleet on the Hydaspes as well as his bodyguard. On Alexander's death (323 b.c.) Lysimachus took control of Thrace. He joined (314 b.c.) the other Diadochi—Cassander, Ptolemy I, and Seleucus I—in the league against Antigonus I, and after the defeat of Antigonus at Ipsus, Lysimachus took W Asia Minor as his share (301 b.c.). In 286 b.c. he added Macedonia to his kingdom by defeating Pyrrhus. Five years later Lysimachus was defeated in a war with Seleucus and was killed in battle at Corupedium near Magnesia ad Sipylum. A legend says that Lysimachus' wife, Arsinoë (daughter of Ptolemy I), persuaded him to kill his son by a former marriage and that the son's widow took refuge with Seleucus and provoked the final war.

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Lysimachus: A Study in Early Hellenistic Kingship
Book by Helen S. Lund; Routledge, 1992
...directed against monarchs, including Lysimachus himself, might suggest that certain...necessarily proven by Plutarchs tale of Lysimachus regaling Demetrius envoys with the story of Alexanders wrath. Lysimachus may have boasted of a lion-killing...
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From Polis to Empire, the Ancient World, C. 800 B.C.-A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by Andrew G. Traver; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: History, Ancient--Dictionaries
LYSIMACHUS (c. 360-281 B.C.) Lysimachus was a Macedonian general, satrap, and king who, as one...the Great, came to rule a portion of his divided empire. Lysimachus was a citizen of Pella in Macedonia, although his father...
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World Drama from Aeschylus to Anouilh
Book by Allardyce Nicoll; Harcourt Brace, 1950
Subjects: Drama--History And Criticism
Much as Lysimachus laughs at his friend, however, he...back to town. The girl is in tears: LYSIMACHUS aside : Well, Ive done what he asked...PASICOMPSA: Please, sir, do tell me. LYSIMACHUS: Ask me what you like. PASICOMPSA...
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Ptolemy of Egypt
Book by Walter M. Ellis; Routledge, 1994
Subjects: Egypt--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Ptolemy--I Soter--King Of Egypt--D. 283 B.C
LYSIMACHUS was only a few years younger than Ptolemy, and his career...9.5) records the legend that Alexander imprisoned Lysimachus in a room with a lion, and that Lysimachus overpowered the beast. This legend probably grew out...
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The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics
Book by Debra Nails; Hackett, 2002
Subjects: Athens (Greece)--Biography, Plato--Dialogues, Plato--Friends And Associates, Socrates--Friends And Associates
...name in Sicily in ancient times. Lysimachus I of Alopece See App. II. See stemma: Thucydides; cf. Socrates. Lysimachus II of Alopece, son of Aristides...quoted at Pl. Virt. 377d), Lysimachus II was the undistinguished son...
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journal articles on: Lysimachus  - 15 results

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Pericles
Journal article by Michael Basile; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 22, 2004
Subjects: Pericles (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...Antiochus), Tim Hopper (Pericles, Lysimachus), Julyana Soelistyo (Marina, Daughter...Who is this?" he innocently asks. Lysimachus, he soon learns, has been the agent...Here in act five, Hopper doubled as Lysimachus, the very man the old Pericles momentarily...
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Pericles
Journal article by Michael W. Shurgot; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 26, 2008
Subjects: Pericles (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...Simonides, Pandar), Peter Dylan OConnor (Lysimachus, Thaliard, Fisherman), Stephanie...Antiochus, Pericles, Cleon, Simonides, Lysimachus, Dionyza--sat or stood when speaking...they imagined, would turn and turn. Lysimachus perused her body gleefully, gesturing...
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Pericles
Journal article by Douglas E. Green; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 23, 2005
Subjects: Pericles (Shakespeare, William) (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...Randy Reyes (Thaliard, Leonine, Lysimachus), Steve Lewis (Helicanus, Simonides...Leonine of Tarsus but ultimately as Lysimachus, Marinas successful suitor. Antiochus...Tempest in the betrothal scene between Lysimachus and Marina, which anticipated the scene...
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Pericles, Paul, and Protestantism
Journal article by Richard Finkelstein; Comparative Drama, Vol. 44, 2010
Subjects: Catholicism--Influence, Drama--Authorship, Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Drama--Religious aspects, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Religious aspects, Dramatists--Works, Paul the Apostle, Saint--Influence, Pericles (Play)--Authorship, Pericles (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Plays--Authorship, Plays--Criticism and interpretation, Plays--Religious aspects, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Religious aspects, Playwrights--Works, Protestantism--Influence, Saints--Influence, Shakespeare, William (English playwright)--Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William (English playwright)--Religious aspects, Shakespeare, William (English playwright)--Works
...language that disciplines the will of Lysimachus and, implicitly, of her father. Marinas...daughter desired by a father figure, Lysimachus, and needed by her own father for very...spoke to Angelo much as Marina speaks to Lysimachus, but she gained much less happy results...
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[Hexilasasthai]: Appeasing God in the Septuagint Pentateuch
Journal article by Dirk Büchner; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 129, 2010
Subjects: Christianity, Innovations, Jews, Linguistics, Syntax, Theology
...that is vaguely comparable occurs in Lysimachus quoted by Josephus, C. Ap. 1.34...is reminiscent of the quotation from Lysimachus above, and we shall return to them...again to the sentences cited above from Lysimachus and Hermas: ... For the abbreviated...
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Troy, City of Dreams: Adrian Mourby Visits the Site of a City That Continues to Inspire Grandiose Visions, as It Has Done for Almost 3,000 Years
Magazine article by Adrian Mourby; History Today, Vol. 54, June 2004
Subjects: Ancient cities--Discovery and exploration, Ancient cities--History, Schliemann, Heinrich--Discovery and exploration, Schliemann, Heinrich--History, Troy (Ancient city)--Discovery and exploration, Troy (Ancient city)--History
...build a temple to Athena, but it was left to his general, Lysimachus King of Thrace, to fulfil that pledge. Julius Caesar also...a much grander idea of Troy. In the late fourth century, Lysimachus completed Alexanders long-promised temple of Athena. Roman...
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Living in the Shadow of History
Magazine article by Chris Hellier; The Middle East, October 1993
Subjects: Iznik, Turkey--Historic sites
...seige to the city. The city was originally founded in 316BC by Antigonus, Alexanders general. But 15 years later his rival Lysimachus, seized and enlarged the town, established its grid plan typical of Hellenistic cities and named it Nicaea, which it remained...


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Misbegotten Campaign
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 25, 2010
...heavyweight who surpassed his father Philip of Macedonia was Alexander the Great. He had famous tutors-Leonidas of Epirus, Lysimachus of Acarnania, and most famous tutor was the philosopher Aristotle.Pacman is willing to learn, and from his initial forays...


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encyclopedia articles on: Lysimachus  - 13 results

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Lysimachus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LYSIMACHUS lisim k s, c.355 281 b.c., Thessalian...On Alexanders death (323 b.c.) Lysimachus took control of Thrace. He joined...after the defeat of Antigonus at Ipsus, Lysimachus took W Asia Minor as his share (301...
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Thrace
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...was held by Philip II of Macedon, and after 323 b.c. most of the country was in the hands of Lysimachus. It fell apart once more after Lysimachus death (281 b.c.), and it was conquered by the Romans late in the 1st cent. b.c. Emperor...
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Macedon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Antipater, Perdiccas, Ptolemy I, Seleucus I, Antigonus I, and Lysimachus. They had armies largely Macedonian and Greek in personnel...short-lived attempts by Demetrius I, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Lysimachus, and others to hold Macedon, Antigonus II established himself...
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Demetrius I , King of Macedon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...to take Rhodes by sea. When Cassander, Seleucus I, and Lysimachus, fearing the power of Antigonus, allied themselves against...conquer all Asia, but his enemies united against him, and when Lysimachus and Pyrrhus invaded Macedonia he was forced (285 b.c...
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Diadochi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ptolemy ( Ptolemy I ), Seleucus ( Seleucus I ), and Lysimachus . The first struggle was over the regency; theoretically...Diadochi is said to end with the victory of Seleucus I over Lysimachus at the battle of Corupedion in 281, fixing the boundaries...
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