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Lysimachus

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lysimachus , c.355-281 BC, 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 BC) Lysimachus took control of Thrace. He joined (314 BC) 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 BC). In 286 BC 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... Read more
Diadochi
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Diadochi the six Macedonian generals of Alexander the Great (Antigonus, Antipater, Cassander, Lysimachus, Ptolemy, and Seleucus), among whom his empire was eventually divided after his death in 323 bc . The word comes from Greek diadokhoi ‘successors’. Read more
Seleucus I
Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Craterus, crushed the Athenian rebellion; Lysimachus obtained Thrace; and Antigonus "the...Cassander (the son of Antipater), and Lysimachus opposed Antigonus and demanded that...separatist generals" Ptolemy, Cassander, and Lysimachus, and at Ipsus in a heated battle he... Read more

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Magazine article from: Shakespeare Bulletin; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Pericles, Antiochus), Tim Hopper (Pericles, Lysimachus), Julyana Soelistyo (Marina, Daughter...him. 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... Read more
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Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 7/22/1997; 70 words ; ...Kalliopi Preka-Alexandri as saying that the coins were found in an ancient pot. The coins include a Tetradrachma coin issued during the reign of Alexander the Great, a drachma by Lysimachus and a very rare coin issued by Illyrian King Monumius. Read more
Pericles.(Theater review)
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Bulletin; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Burke (Antiochus's Daughter, Lychorida), Daniel May (Thaliard, Lysimachus), Rob Cleveland (Helicanus, Philemon), Hudson Adams (Cleon...quiet dignity to the comparatively small role of the governor, Lysimachus, while Carolyn Cook's icy Dionyza and Crystal Dickenson's... Read more
The side grade: single-malt scotch.(Laphroaig, Highland Park, Glenfiddich are Glenmorangie evaluated )(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Esquire; 4/1/2006; ; 283 words ; ...malt that's just your type and no one would be the wiser ... We thought so. So, in the interest of playing Pander to your Lysimachus (that's Shakespeare), here are some of the most popular malts going, each paired with another fine malt, one much like it... Read more
(book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 6/22/2000; ; 604 words ; ...and an overview of the ups and downs of Seleucid rule in the western third of Asia Minor from the victory of Seleucus I over Lysimachus at Corupedium in 281 B.C. to the settlement imposed on Antiochus III in 188 B.C. Although not particularly exciting reading... Read more
THE LIST
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/25/1995; 381 words ; ...offered her freedom if she would agree to marry his nephew, Lysimachus. Naturally, she refused. She was tortured horribly, and then...banged his head against a marble pillar and fell down dead. Lysimachus was so filled with remorse that he converted to Christianity... Read more
Actors make 'Pericles' a memorable show
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 7/11/2006; 698 words ; ...dismay of the bawdy proprietress. She meets a young governor, Lysimachus, and through him finds love and the promise of a good life...had miraculously survived and the family is finally whole. Lysimachus and Marina marry, and begin the next generation of sovereignty... Read more
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.(Frontline)
Magazine article from: History Today; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...back in search of his putative ancestor Achilles. He undertook to build a temple to Athena, but it was left to his general, Lysimachus King of Thrace, to fulfil that pledge. Julius Caesar also came, and his nephew Augustus spent a lot of money building a new... Read more
Heritage and Hellenism: The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...turns to literature. In chap. 2 he develops the novel thesis that the pagan versions of the story of the exodus (those by Lysimachus, Pompeius Trocus, Manetho, Chaeremon, and Apion) are not antiSemitic rejoinders to the biblical version, as is commonly assumed... Read more
Pericles: Presented by Temple Theaters at Tomlinson Theater.(Theater Review)
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Bulletin; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...jokingly and therefore Pericles' generosity became an empty gesture; and Marina's first and only visitor in the brothel was Lysimachus, who removed her immediately, thus giving her little chance to show her persuasive skills. Despite these flaws, the emotional... Read more

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