See also:

• LYSIMACHUS (c. 355—281 B.C.)

LYSIMACHUS (c. 355—281 B.C.)  , Macedonian See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, son of See also:

• AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

Agathocles, was a See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen of See also:

• PELLA

Pella in See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia . During See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander's See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns he was one of his immediate bodyguard and distinguished himself in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . After Alexander's See also:

• DEATH

death he was appointed to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• THRACE

Thrace and the See also:

• CHERSONESE, CHERSONESUS

Chersonese . For a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was chiefly occupied with fighting against the Odrysian See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king Seuthes . In 315 he joined See also:

• CASSANDER (c. 350—297 B.C.)
• CASSANDER (or CASSANT), GEORGE (1513-1566)

Cassander, See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy and Seleucus against Antigonus, who, however, diverted his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention by stirring up Thracian and Scythian tribes against him . In 309, he founded Lysimachia in a commanding situation on the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck connecting the Chersonese with the mainland . He followed the example of Antigonus in taking the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of king . In 302 when the second affiance between Cassander, Ptolemy and Seleucus was made, See also:

• LYSIMACHUS (c. 355—281 B.C.)

Lysimachus, reinforced by troops from Cassander, entered See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, where he met with little resistance . On the approach of Antigonus he retired into See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter quarters near See also:

• HERACLEA

Heraclea, marrying its widowed See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen Amastris, a Persian princess . Seleucus joined him in 301, and at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Ipsus Antigonus was slain . His dominions were divided among the victors, Lysimachus receiving the greater See also:

• PART

part of Asia Minor . Feeling that Seleucus was becoming dangerously See also:

• GREAT

great, he now allied himself with Ptolemy, marrying his daughter Arsine .

Amastris, who had divorced herself from him, returned to Heraclea . When Antigonus's son See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius renewed hostilities (297), during his See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence in See also:

• GREECE

Greece, Lysimachus seized his towns in Asia Minor, but in 294 concluded a See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace whereby Demetrius was recognized as ruler of Macedonia . He tried to carry his See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power beyond the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, but was defeated and taken prisoner by the See also:

• GETAE

Getae, who, however, set him See also:

• FREE

free on amicable terms . Demetrius subsequently threatened Thrace, but had to retire in consequence of'a rising in See also:

• BOEOTIA

Boeotia, and an attack from See also:

• PYRRHUS (c. 318–272 B.C.)

Pyrrhus of See also:

• EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

Epirus . In 288 Lysimachus and Pyrrhus in turn invaded Macedonia, and drove Demetrius out of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . Pyrrhus was at first allowed to remain in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Macedonia with the title of king, but in 285 he was expelled by Lysimachus . Domestic troubles embittered the last years of Lysimachus's See also:

• LIFE

life . Amastris had been murdered by her two sons; Lysimachus treacherously put them to death . On his return See also:

• ARSINOE

Arsinoe asked the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of Heraclea, and he granted her See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request, though he had promised to free the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . In 284 Arsinoe, desirous of gaining the See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession for her sons in preference to Agathocles (the eldest son of Lysimachus), intrigued against him with the help of her See also:

• BROTHER

brother Ptolemy Ceraunus; they accused him of conspiring with Seleucus to seize the See also:

• THRONE

throne, and he was put to death . This atrocious See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed of Lysimachus aroused great indignation . Many of the cities of Asia revolted, and his most trusted See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends deserted him .

The widow of Agathocles fled to Seleucus, who at once invaded the territory of Lysimachus in Asia . Lysimachus crossed the See also:

• HELLESPONT (i.e. " Sea of Helle "; variously named in classical literature `EXX oirov-ros, o "EXXns a6vros, Hellespontum Pelagus, and Rectum Hellesponticum)

Hellespont, and in 281 a decisive battle took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of Corus (Corupedion) in See also:

• LYDIA

Lydia . Lysimachus was killed; after some days his See also:

• BODY

body, watched by a faithful See also:

• DOG

dog, was found on the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, and given up to his son Alexander, by whom it was interred at Lysimachia . See See also:

• ARRIAN (FLAvrus ARRIANUS)

Arrian, Anab. v . 13, vi . 28; See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin xv . 3, 4, xvii . 1; See also:

• QUINTUS

Quintus See also:

• CURTIUS, ERNST (1814-1896)
• CURTIUS, MARCUS

Curtius v . 3, X . 30; Diod . Sic. xviii . 3; See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius v .

67; See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Demetrius, 31 . 52, Pyrrhus, 12; See also:

• APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian, Syriaca, 62; See also:

• THIRLWALL, CONNOP (1797-1875)

Thirlwall, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Greece, vol. viii . (1847); J . P . See also:

• MAHAFFY, JOHN PENTLAND (1839- )

Mahaffy, See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of Alexander's See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire; See also:

• DROYSEN, JOHANN GUSTAV (1808—1884)

Droysen, Hellenismus (2nd ed., 1877); A . Holm, Griechische Geschichte, vol. iv . (1894); B . Niese, Gesch. d. griech. u. maked . Staaten, vols. i. and ii . (1893, 1899); J . Beloch, Griech . Gesch. vol. iii .

(1904) ; Hilnerwadel, Forschungen zur Gesch. See also:

• DES

des Konigs Lysimachus (1900) ; Possenti, Il Re Lisimaco di Tracia (1901) ; Ghione, See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

Note sul regno di Lisimaco (Atli d. real . Accad. di Torino, xxxix.); and MACEDONIAN EMPIRE . (E . R .