Brill’s New Pauly

Get access

Alexander
(7,586 words)

(Ἀλέξαδρος; Aléxandros). Famous personalities:  Alexander the Great [4] (III.); the Philosopher Alexander [26] of Aphrodisias.

II. Associated Hellenistic ruling families

[German version]

[2] A. I. Macedonian king, 1st half of the 5th cent. BC

Son of  Amyntas [1] and his negotiator with  Darius. As Macedonian king he supported  Xerxes' invasion of Greece, but preten…

Cite this page
Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA), Günther, Linda-Marie (Munich), Ameling, Walter (Jena), Mehl, Andreas (Halle/Saale), Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld), Bringmann, Klaus (Frankfurt/Main), Tinnefeld, Franz (Munich), Pressler, Frank (Heidelberg), Selzer, Christoph (Frankfurt/Main), Montanari, Franco (Pisa) et al., “Alexander”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 26 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e114170>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



▲   Back to top   ▲