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Re: Alexanders Brothers?

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:56 am
by smittysmitty
Antipater had two if not three eligible daughters at the time. Eurydice who would later marry Ptolemy, Nicaea who later married Lysimachus, and possibly Phila, but I suspect she may have already been married to Balacrus by this stage.Not sure re. Parmenio, however since Attalus is disposed of shortly after ATG' s succession, presumably the widowed daughter was up for grabs.cheers!

Re: Alexanders Brothers?

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 12:21 pm
by marcus
Thanks - that clears up the Antipater question.
(As you can tell, I'm not very clued up on the tortuous personalities/events/marriages/etc. of the Successor period.)As far as Parmenion is concerned, you see, when Alexander sent the newly-weds home after Halicarnassus they were led by Koinos, who had married shortly before coming out to Asia. He had married Parmenion's daughter; and it is reasonable to assume that his new wife was Attalos' widow. Not 100% certain, but extremely plausible... hence the question as to whether Parmenion had any other daughters.All the bestMarcus

Re: Alexanders Brothers?

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:43 pm
by smittysmitty
Good point! I never made the connection previously, I like it! Sounds very plausible to me, for now at least :)