Philip (son of Alcimachus of Apollonia)

Philip (Greek: Φίλιππος, flourished 4th century BC) was a Greek nobleman who was a Macedonian Thessalian and his father’s first youngest brother (one of Philip’s paternal uncles) was Lysimachus one of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great.[1][2]

Philip was a son born to Alcimachus of Apollonia[3] by unnamed Greek woman and had a brother also called Alcimachus.[4] His known grandparent was his paternal grandfather Agathocles.[5] Philip’s father served as an official[6], and as an active diplomat and administrator in the latter reign of King Philip II of Macedon who reigned 359 BC–336 BC and the first years of his son, King Alexander the Great reigned 336 BC–323 BC.[7] Philip was named in honor of his paternal late uncle Philip, a soldier who died in the service of Alexander the Great.

Philip like his brother, appears to have been born and raised in Apollonia and is known from surviving inscriptional evidence. In a surviving inscription he is mentioned as Philip son of Alcimachus[8] and little is known on him.

References

  1. ^ Lysimachus’ article at Livius.org
  2. ^ Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, p.153
  3. ^ Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, p.9
  4. ^ Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, p.9
  5. ^ Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, p.10
  6. ^ Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, p.287
  7. ^ Lund, Lysimachus: A Study in Early Hellenistic Kingship, p.3
  8. ^ Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, p.9

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