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Alexander III is poisoned by a son of Antipater

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Iolaus Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: other, Direct Consequence: victory
  • Antipater Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
 
Victim (Person) :
  • Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
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    Level :interpersonal
    Source :Diodorus of Sicily, Bibliotheca historica 19.118.1 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
    Year :323 B.C.
     
    Context :regicide
    Motivation :emotional
    political
    following orders
    Application :poisoning
    Weapon :poison
     
    Original Text :φασὶ γὰρ Ἀντίπατρον ἐπὶ τῆς Εὐρώπης στρατηγὸν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ καταλειφθέντα διενεχθῆναι πρὸς Ὀλυμπιάδα τὴν μητέρα τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον καταφρονεῖν αὐτῆς διὰ τὸ μὴ προσδέχεσθαι τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον τὰς κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ διαβολάς, ὕστερον δ᾽ αἰεὶ τῆς ἔχθρας αὐξομένης, τοῦ βασιλέως διὰ τὸ πρὸς τὸ θεῖον εὐσεβὲς πάντα βουλομένου τῇ μητρὶ χαρίζεσθαι, πολλὰς ἐμφάσεις διδόναι τῆς πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀλλοτριότητος: πρὸς δὲ τούτοις τῆς Παρμενίωνος καὶ Φιλώτου σφαγῆς φρίκην ἐμποιούσης τοῖς φίλοις διὰ τοῦ ἰδίου υἱοῦ τεταγμένου περὶ τὸν κύαθον δοῦναι πιεῖν θανάσιμον φάρμακον τῷ βασιλεῖ. [2] μετὰ δὲ τὴν τελευτὴν πλεῖστον ἰσχύσαντος τῶν κατὰ τὴν Εὐρώπην καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα Κασάνδρου τοῦ υἱοῦ διαδεξαμένου τὴν βασιλείαν πολλοὺς συγγραφεῖς μὴ τολμᾶν γράψαι περὶ τῆς φαρμακείας. φανερὸν δὲ γεγονέναι Κάσανδρον δι᾽ αὐτῶν τῶν πράξεων ἀλλοτριώτατα διακείμενον τοῖς Ἀλεξάνδρου πράγμασι: τήν τε γὰρ Ὀλυμπιάδα φονεύσαντα ἄταφον ῥῖψαι καὶ τὰς ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνου κατασκαφείσας Θήβας ἀνοικίσαι μετὰ πολλῆς σπουδῆς.
     
    Translation :They say that Antipater, who had been left by Alexander as viceroy in Europe, was at variance with the king's mother Olympias. At first he did not take her seriously because Alexander did not heed her complaints against him, but later, as their enmity kept growing and the king showed an anxiety to gratify his mother in everything out of piety, Antipater gave many indications of his disaffection. This was bad enough, but the murder of Parmenion and Philotas struck terror into Antipater as into all of Alexander's Friends, so by the hand of his own son, who was the king's wine-pourer, he administered poison to the king. [2] After Alexander's death, Antipater held the supreme authority in Europe and then his son Casander took over the kingdom, so that many historians did not dare write about the drug. Casander, however, is plainly disclosed by his own actions as a bitter enemy to Alexander's policies. He murdered Olympias and threw out her body without burial, and with great enthusiasm restored Thebes, which had been destroyed by Alexander.
     
    Edition :Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
     
    Remark :perpetrator: Iolaus, son of Antipater was the cupbearer of Alexander III. https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/iolaus-e526290#e526330
     
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    Created at :2019-07-09 : 10:27:32
    Last changed :2021-01-05 : 12:44:21
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