Lysimachus (līsĭm`əkəs), c.355–281 B.C., Thessalian general of Alexander the Great. He was a commander in Alexander's fleet on the Hydaspes as well as his bodyguard. On Alexander's death (323 B.C.) Lysimachus took control of Thrace. He joined (314 B.C.) the other Diadochi—Cassander Cassander (kəsăn`dər), 358–297 B.C., king of Macedon, one of the chief figures in the wars of the Diadochi .
..... Click the link for more information. , Ptolemy I Ptolemy I (Ptolemy Soter) (tŏl`əmē sō`tər), d. 284 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Seleucus I Seleucus I (Seleucus Nicator) (səly
`kəs), d. 280 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. —in the league against Antigonus I Antigonus I (Antigonus the One-Eyed or Antigonus Cyclops) (ăntig`ənəs sī`klo˘ps), 382?–301 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , and after the defeat of Antigonus at Ipsus, Lysimachus took W Asia Minor as his share (301 B.C.). In 286 B.C. he added Macedonia to his kingdom by defeating Pyrrhus. Five years later Lysimachus was defeated in a war with Seleucus and was killed in battle at Corupedium near Magnesia ad Sipylum. A legend says that Lysimachus' wife, Arsinoë (daughter of Ptolemy I), persuaded him to kill his son by a former marriage and that the son's widow took refuge with Seleucus and provoked the final war.
Lysimachus
..... Click the link for more information. , Ptolemy I Ptolemy I (Ptolemy Soter) (tŏl`əmē sō`tər), d. 284 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Seleucus I Seleucus I (Seleucus Nicator) (səly
`kəs), d. 280 B.C...... Click the link for more information. —in the league against Antigonus I Antigonus I (Antigonus the One-Eyed or Antigonus Cyclops) (ăntig`ənəs sī`klo˘ps), 382?–301 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , and after the defeat of Antigonus at Ipsus, Lysimachus took W Asia Minor as his share (301 B.C.). In 286 B.C. he added Macedonia to his kingdom by defeating Pyrrhus. Five years later Lysimachus was defeated in a war with Seleucus and was killed in battle at Corupedium near Magnesia ad Sipylum. A legend says that Lysimachus' wife, Arsinoë (daughter of Ptolemy I), persuaded him to kill his son by a former marriage and that the son's widow took refuge with Seleucus and provoked the final war.
Lysimachus
?360--281 bc, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; king of Thrace (323--281); killed in battle by Seleucus I
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