Antipater
An·tip·a·ter
A0345100 (ăn-tĭp′ə-tər) 398?-319 bc.Antipater
(ænˈtɪpətə)An•tip•a•ter
(ænˈtɪp ə tər)n.
单词 | antipater |
释义 | AntipaterAn·tip·a·terA0345100 (ăn-tĭp′ə-tər) 398?-319 bc.Antipater(ænˈtɪpətə)An•tip•a•ter(ænˈtɪp ə tər)n. AntipaterAntipater(ăntĭp`ətər), d. 319 B.C., Macedonian general. He was one of the ablest and most trusted lieutenants of Philip IIPhilip II,382–336 B.C., king of Macedon (359–336 B.C.), son of Amyntas II. While a hostage in Thebes (367–364), he gained much knowledge of Greece and its people. ..... Click the link for more information. and was a friend and supporter of Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great or Alexander III, 356–323 B.C., king of Macedon, conqueror of much of Asia. Youth and Kingship The son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, he had Aristotle as his tutor and was given a classical education. ..... Click the link for more information. . When Alexander went on his Asian campaign, Antipater was left as regent (334–323 B.C.) in Macedon. He resisted the attempt of Olympias to gain the regency and governed ably except that his policy of supporting tyrants and oligarchs made him unpopular in Greece. After the death of Alexander he put down a rebellion of many of the Greek cities in the Lamian War and punished Athens. By imposing a more oligarchic form of government on Athens, he drove Demosthenes to commit suicide. Antipater was a leading opponent of the regent, Perdiccas, and after Perdiccas was defeated in 321 by Ptolemy I, Antigonus I, and Craterus, it was Antipater who held the kingdom together. After his death it fell violently apart in the wars of the DiadochiDiadochi [Gr.,=successors], the Macedonian generals and administrators who succeeded Alexander the Great. Alexander's empire, the largest that the world had known to that time, was quickly built. At his death in 323 B.C. it disintegrated even more quickly. ..... Click the link for more information. . Antipater,in the New Testament: see HerodHerod,dynasty reigning in Palestine at the time of Jesus. As a dynasty the Herods depended largely on the power of Rome. They are usually blamed for the state of virtual anarchy in Palestine at the beginning of the Christian era. Antipater (fl. c.65 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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