ALEXANDRIAN RESPONSE TO THE MURDER OF ANTIPATER I
##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.main##
##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.sidebar##
Abstract
As is known, the founder of the Ptolemaic Dynasty Ptolemy the I Soter at the end of his life removed from succession his eldest sons, whose mother was the daughter of Macedonian regent Antipater, Eurydice, and appointed as a co-ruler and a heir to the throne the youngest of his sons, future Ptolemy II Philadelphus, born by Berenice I, the most beloved wife of the old king.
On the whole, the point of view prevails in antique historiography and in the studies of our time, according to which Ptolemy I took such a step solely out of love for Berenice and her son. Without denying the value of personal preferences, we insist that such a step as the removal from the throne of the legitimate heir, the son of Eurydice, who went down in history as Ptolemy Keravn, was taken by the father only after important events that significantly changed the distribution of forces in the Hellenistic world.
After all, the mother of his eldest sons Eurydice belonged to the Antipatrides family, who owned Macedonia. And even after the seizure of Macedonia by Ptolemy’s opponent, Demetrius Poliorcetes, the Antipatrides continued to be full participants in the political process, as the exiled king Antipater, son of Cassander and nephew of Eurydice, was expected to return to power over Macedonia. The pledge was the support that his powerful father-in-law, Lysimachus, provided to Antipater. And only after the death of the exiled king from the hands of his father-in-law (c. 288/287 BC), which marked the final departure of the Antipaters family from the political arena, Ptolemy I allowed himself to appoint a heir in accordance with personal preferences.
How to Cite
##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.details##
Antipater I, Antipatrides, Berenice, Eurydice, Ptolemy I, Ptolemy II, succession to the throne
Бентсон Г. Правители Эпохи эллинизма: пер. с нем. Москва, 1982.
Бивен Э. Династия Птолемеев. История Египта в эпоху Эллинизма: пер. с англ. Москва, 2011.
Бикерман Э. Хронология Древнего Мира: пер. с нем. Москва, 1976.
Дройзен И. История Эллинизма: пер. с нем.: В III т. Т. II. Ростов-на-Дону, 1995.
Жигунин В. Д. Международные отношения эллинистических государств в 280–220 гг. до н. э. Казань, 1980.
Зелінський А. Л. Александрійські фараони та їхні піддані. Зміцнення влади перших Птоломеїв. Київ, 2010.
Зелінський А. Л. Три примітки до історії Діадохів // Східний світ. 2007. № 1.
Казаров С. С. История царя Пирра Эпирского. Санкт-Пе-тербург, 2009.
Шофман А. С. Распад империи Александра Македонского. Казань, 1984.
Carney E. Arsinoe of Egypt and Macedon: A Royal Life (Wo-men in Antiquity). Oxford, 2013.
Dmitriev S. The Last Marriage and the Death of Lysimachus // Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies. 2007. Vol. 47.
Gehrke H.-J. Geschichte des Hellenismus. Muenchen, 1990.
Hammond N. G. L., Walbank F. A History of Macedonia: In III Volumes. Vol. III. Oxford, 1988.
Hazzard R. The Regnal Years of Ptolemy II Philadelphos // Phoenix. 1987. № 2. https://doi.org/10.2307/1088741
Hoelbl G. A History of the Ptolemaic Empire: Transl. from German. London – New York, 2001.
Huss W. Aegypten in Hellenistischer Zeit (332–30 v. Chr.). Muenchen, 2001.
Lund H. Lysimachus: a Study in Early Hellenistic Kingship. London – New York, 1992. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203312704
Ogden D. Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death. The Hellenistic Dynasties. London – Swansea, 1999.
Pomeroy S. Women in Hellenistic Egypt: from Alexander to Cleopatra. New York, 1984.
van Oppen de Ruiter B. The Marriage and Divorce of Ptolemy I and Eurydice: An Excursion in Early-Hellenistic Marital Practices // Chronique d’Égypte. 2015. T. 90. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.CDE.5.107573
Will É. The Formation of the Hellenistic kingdoms // The Cambridge Ancient History. Vol. VII. Part. 1. Cambridge, 1984. https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521234450.005
REFERENCES
Bengtson G. (1982), Praviteli epokhi Ellinizma, Translated by E. D. Frolov, Nauka, Moskva. (In Russian).
Bikerman E. (1976), Khronologiya Drevnego Mira, Translated by I. M. Steblin-Kamenskij, Nauka, Moskva. (In Russian).
Biven E. (2011), Dinastia Ptolemeev. Istoria Egipta v epokhu Ellinizma, Translated by T. Shulikova, Tsentrpoligraf, Moskva. (In Russian).
Drojzen I. (1995), Istoria Ellinizma: v III tomah. T. II, Translated by M. Shelgunov and E. Tsimmermann, Feniks, Rostov-na-Donu. (In Russian).
Zhigunin V. D. (1980), Mezhdunarodnyye otnosheniya ellinisticheskikh gosudarstv v 280–220 gg. Do n. E., Izd-vo Kazanskogo un-ta, Kazan. (In Russian).
Zelinskui A. L. (2007), “Try prymitky do istoriyi diadokhiv”, Shìdnij svìt 1, pp. 26–38. (In Ukrainian).
Zelinskyi A. L. (2010), Aleksandrivski faraony ta yikhni piddani. Zmitsnennya vlady pershykh Ptolomeyiv, Akademperiodyka, Kyiv. (In Ukrainian).
Kazarov S. S. (2009), Istoria caria Pirra epirskogo, Izd-vo SPBGU, Sankt-Peterburg. (In Russian).
Shofman A. S. (1984), Raspad imperii Aleksandra Makedonskogo, Iz-dvo Kazanskogo un-ta, Kazan. (In Russian).
Carney E. (2013), Arsinoe of Egypt and Macedon: A Royal Life (Women in Antiquity), Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Dmitriev S. (2007), “The Last Marriage and the Death of Lysimachus”, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, Vol. 47, pp. 135–49.
Gehrke H.-J. (1990), Geschichte des Hellenismus, Oldenburg, Muenchen.
Hammond N. G. L. and Walbank F. W. (1988), A History of Macedonia: in III Volumes. Vol. III, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Hazzard R. (1987), “The Regnal Years of Ptolemy II Philadelphos”, Phoenix 2, pp. 140–58. https://doi.org/10.2307/1088741
Hoelbl G. (2001), A History of the Ptolemaic Empire, translated by Saavedra T., Routledge, London and New York.
Huss W. (2001), Aegypten in hellenistischer Zeit: 332–30 v. Chr., C. H. Beck, Muenchen.
Lund H. (1992), Lysimachus: a Study in Early Hellenistic Kingship, Routledge, London and New York. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203312704
Ogden D. (1999), Polygamy, Prostitutes, and Death: The Hellenistic Dynasties, Duckworth – The Classical Press of Wales, Swansea.
Pomeroy S. (1984), Women in Hellenistic Egypt: from Alexander to Cleopatra, New York, Schocken Books.
Van Oppen de Ruiter B. (2015), “The Marriage and Divorce of Ptolemy I and Eurydice: An Excursion in Early-Hellenistic Marital Practices”, Chronique d’Égypte, T. 90, pp. 147–73. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.CDE.5.107573
Will E. (1984), “The Formation of the Hellenistic kingdoms”, The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. VII, Part. 1, pp. 101–17. https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521234450.005