A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

ANTIGONUS.
Demetrius II., k. of Halcyonetts.
Macedonia. Died B. c. 229.
Married
1. Stratonice, d. of Antiochus Soter.
2. Phthia,d. ofAlexander,
the son of Pyrrhus.

ANTIGONUS. 187
Antigonus Doson, k. of Echecrates.
Macedonia. Died B. c. 221. 1
Married Phthia, the widow Antigonus.
of Demetrius II.

Apama. Philip V. king of Macedonia.
Died B. c. 179.
Perseus, k. of Macedonia.
Conquered by the Romans B. c. 168.

ANTI'GONUS ('AvTriyovos), a Greek writer
)n the history of Italy. (Fest. s. v. Romam;
)ionys. Hal. i. 6.) It has been supposed that the
Intigonus mentioned by Plutarch (Romul. 17) is
he same as the historian, but the saying there
noted belongs to a king Antigonus, and not to the.istorian. [L. S.]
ANTI'GONUS ('AV-iyovos), son of ALEX-.NDER, was sent by Perseus, king of Macedonia,
s ambassador into Boeotia, in B. c. 172, and suc2eded in inducing the towns of Coroneia, Thebes,
nd Haliartus to remain faithful to the king.
Polyb. xxvii. 5.) [L. S.]
ANTI'GON IS ('Avriyovos), of ALEXANDRIA,
grammarian who is referred to by Erotian in his
rooemium and his Prenira. He is perhaps the
Lme person as the Antigonus of whom the SchoIst on Nicander speaks, and identical with Antimus, the commentator of Hippocrates. (Erotian,
13.) [L. S.]
ANTI'GONUS ('AvTrmovos), king of ASIA,
rnamed the One-eyed (Lucian, IMacrob. 11; Plut.
SPueror. Educ. 14), was the son of Philip of
lymiotis. He was born about B. c. 382, and was
ie of the generals of Alexander the Great, and in
e division of the empire after his death (B. c..3), he received the provinces of the Greater
irygia, Lycia, and Pamphylia. Perdiccas, who
d been appointed regent, had formed the plan of
taining the sovereignty of the whole of Alexder's dominions, and therefore resolved upon the
in of Antigonus, who was likely to stand in the
ty of his ambitious projects. Perceiving the
nger which threatened him, Antigonus fled with; son Demetrius to Antipater in Macedonia(321);
t the death of Perdiccas in Egypt in the same
ar put an end to the apprehensions of Antigonus.
itipater was now declared regent; he restored to
itigonus his former provinces with the addition
Susiana, and gave him the commission of carrySon the war against Eumenes, who would not
)nit to the authority of the new regent. In
s war Antigonus was completely successful; he
'eated Eumenes, and compelled him to take
age with a small body of troops in Nora, an
pregnable fortress on the confines of Lycaonia and
ppadocia; and after leaving this place closely
ested, he marched into Pisidia, and conquered,etas and Attalus, the only generals who still
d out against Antipater (a c. 320). [ALCETAS.]
the death of Antipater in the following year
c. 319) was favourable to the ambitious views

of Antigonus, and almost placed within his reach
the throne of Asia. Antipater had appointed Polysperchon regent, to the exclusion of his own son
Cassander, who was dissatisfied with the arrangement of his father, and claimed the regency for
himself. He was supported by Antigonus, and
their confederacy was soon afterwards joined by
Ptolemy. But they found a formidable rival in
Eumenes, who was appointed by Polysperchon to
the command of the troops in Asia. Antigonus
commanded the troops of the confederates, and the
struggle between him and Eumenes lasted for two
years. The scene of the first campaign (B. c. 318)
was Asia Minor and Syria, of the second (n. c. 31.7)
Persia and Media. The contest was at length
terminated by a battle in Gabiene at the beginning
of B. c. 316, in which Eumenes was defeated. He
was surrendered to Antigonus the next day through
the treachery of the Argyraspids, and was put to
death by the conqueror.
Antigonus was now by far the most powerful of
Alexander's generals, and was by no means disposed to share with his allies the fruits of his victory. He began to dispose of the provinces as he
thought fit. He caused Pithon, a general of great
influence, to be brought before his council, and
condemned to death on the charge of treachery,
and executed several other officers who shewed
symptoms of discontent. After taking possession
of the immense treasures collected at Ecbatana and
Susa, he proceeded to Babylon, where he called
upon Seleucus to account for the administration of
the revenues of this province. Such an account,
however, Seleucus refused to give, maintaining that
he had received the province as a free gift from
Alexander's army; but, admonished by the recent
fate of Pithon, he thought it more prudent to get
out of the reach of Antigonus, and accordingly left
Babylon secretly with a few horsemen, and fled to
Egypt.
The ambitious projects and great power of Antigonus now led to a general coalition against him,
consisting of Seleucus, Ptolemy, Cassander, and
Lysimachus. The war began in the year 315,
and was carried on with great vehemence and alternate success in Syria, Phoenicia, Asia Minor,
and Greece. After four years, all parties became
exhausted with the struggle, and peace was accordingly made, in B. c. 311, on condition that the
Greek cities should be free, that Cassander should
retain his authority in Europe till Alexander Aegus came of age, that Lysimachus and Ptolemy