Antipater of Sidon ( in Greek, Ἀντίπατρος ), Antipatros or Antipatros Sidonios in the Anthologies, was a Greek poet in the second half of the 2nd century BC.

Antipater was the author of short elegiacs, some of which are preserved in the Greek Anthology, e. g., " Crown of Meleager ".

Antipatris, one of two places known as Tel Afek (), was a city built by Herod the Great, and named in honour of his father, Antipater II of Judea.

Six years later Hyrcanus was deprived of the remainder of political authority and ultimate jurisdiction was given to the Proconsul of Syria, who ruled through Hyrcanus's Idumaean associate Antipater, and later Antipater's two sons Phasael ( military governor of Judea ) and Herod ( military governor of Galilee ).

The finished structure of the mauloseum was considered to be such an aesthetic triumph that Antipater of Sidon identified it as one of his Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Her maternal grandfather was a nobleman called Cassander who was the brother of Regent Antipater and through her mother was a relation to his family.

The most powerful man in the empire after the death of Perdiccas was Antipater.

In theory, Polyperchon was still the lawful predecessor of Antipater and the official regent of the Macedonian kingdom.

However, Polyperchon was still allied with Antipater and thus an enemy of Seleucus.

After being put to death, his body ( according to others ) was taken to Cleonae and shown to the Macedonian general Antipater before being returned to Athens for burial.

During the Asiatic campaign, Antipater was appointed deputy hegemon of the League.

350 BC – 297 BC ), King of Macedonia ( 305 – 297 BC ), was a son of Antipater, and founder of the Antipatrid dynasty.

Cassander is first recorded as arriving at Alexander the Great ’ s court in Babylon in 323 BC, where he had been sent by his father, Antipater, most likely to help uphold Antipater ’ s regency in Macedon, although a later contemporary who was hostile to the Antipatrids suggested that Cassander had journeyed to the court to poison the King.

Eurydice moved deftly enough to obtain the removal of the first two designed regents, Peithon and Arrhidaeus, but was powerless to block the too powerful Antipater: the latter was made new regent and Philip Arrhidaeus and his wife were forced to follow him to Macedonia.

From 63 – 40 BCE the government was in the hands of Hyrcanus II as High Priest and Ethnarch, although effective power was in the hands of his adviser Antipater the Idumaean.

He took the same view of Hyrcanus ' ability, and was moved by much the same motives as Antipater: as a ward of Rome, Hyrcanus would be more acceptable than Aristobulus.

When, in 50 BCE, it appeared that Julius Caesar was interested in using Aristobulus and his family as his clients to take control of Judea from Hyrcanus and Antipater, who were beholden to Pompey, supporters of Pompey had Aristobulus poisoned in Rome and executed Alexander in Antioch.

However, Pompey's pawns soon had occasion to turn to the other side: " At the beginning of the civil war between and Pompey, Hyrcanus, at the instance of Antipater, prepared to support the man to whom he owed his position ; but when Pompey was murdered, Antipater led the Jewish forces to the help of Caesar, who was hard pressed at Alexandria.

Antipater does not tell us what it is about Euripides ' writing that he believes is misogynistic, he simply expresses his belief that even a man thought to hate women ( namely Euripides ) praises wives, so concluding his argument for the importance of marriage.

One of the leading generals in Macedonia at the death of Philip II, Antipater, helps to secure the succession to the Macedonian throne for Alexander.

This battle marks a complete victory for Antipater in the Lamian War.

Suda's extraordinary account of the poet's death is found in other sources, such as Plutarch and Antipater of Sidon and later it inspired Friedrich Schiller to write a ballad called " The Cranes of Ibycus " yet the legend might be derived merely from a play upon the poet's name and the Greek word for the bird or ibyx — it might even have been told of somebody else originally.

He is best known for the monumental shrine, the Mausoleum of Mausolus, erected for him by order of his sister and widow Artemisia ; Antipater of Sidon listed the Mausoleum as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Having been summoned to the royal presence to stand his trial for disobedience, Antigonus fled to Europe and entered an alliance with Antipater, Craterus and Ptolemy against him.

Perhaps behind the legend lies the offering by a Scythian king of his daughter as a wife for Alexander, as the latter himself wrote in a letter to Antipater.

The struggle would have ended here but for Antipater the Idumean.

Josephus noted, " Antigonus ... came to Caesar ... and accused Hyrcanus and Antipater, how they had driven him and his brethren entirely out of their native country ... and that as to the assistance they had sent Caesar into Egypt, it was not done out of good-will to him, but out of the fear they were in from former quarrels, and in order to gain pardon for their friendship to enemy Pompey.

This led to increasing tension between Hyrcanus and the family of Antipater, culminating in a trial of Herod for supposed abuses in his governorship, which resulted in Herod's flight into exile in 46 BCE.

Soon after the death of Demosthenes ( c. 322 BC ), he declined the citizenship offered to him at the instance of Phocion as a reward for his services in negotiating peace with Antipater after Athens ' unsuccessful rebellion.

In this year, however, Antipater died, leading to further struggles for territory and dominance.

* Antipater of Sidon ( 2nd century BC ), best known for his list of the Seven Wonders of the World

The Persian fleet under Memnon of Rhodes and Pharnabazus was apparently a considerable danger for Antipater, bringing war in the Aegean sea and threatening war in Europe.

Though the debate surrounding the cause of Alexander's sudden death has never been clearly resolved, all of our ancient sources — even those who reject the notion of murder and assign the death to natural causes — mention that rumours abounded in the late fourth century BC that Antipater had been responsible for poisoning the great king.

Olympia is also known for the gigantic ivory and gold statue of Zeus that used to stand there, sculpted by Pheidias, which was named one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Antipater of Sidon.

" The Macedonian leaders began fighting for the crown ; Antipater was the candidate with the best prospects.

The diplomacy and artful politics of Antipater, as well as his insinuation into the Hasmonean court, paved the way for the rise of his son Herod the Great, who used this position to marry the Hasmonean princess Mariamne, endear himself to Rome and become king of Judea under Roman influence.

Antipater laid the foundation for Herod's ascension to the throne of Judea partly through his activities in the court of the Hasmoneans, the heirs of the Maccabees, who were the hereditary leaders of the Jews, and partly by currying favor with the Romans, who were growing more involved and dominant over the region at this time.

Antipater insinuated himself into the party of Hyrcanus II in his contest for power with his younger brother Aristobulus II.

Aristobulus was known for his aggression, a “ contrary temper ” and thus posed a threat to Antipater, already a friend and supporter of Hyrcanus of old.

With this struggle for power, Antipater became a central component in the future governance and Roman takeover of Judea.

Demosthenes was forced to commit suicide by Antipater for his role in supporting the Hellenic War.