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Antigonus

noun
1.
A general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC).  Synonyms: Antigonus Cyclops, Monophthalmos.





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"Antigonus" Quotes from Famous Books



... of old Antigonus, who when he was to fight at Andros, and one told him, "The enemy's ships are more than ours," replied, "For how many then wilt thou ...
— Familiar Quotations • John Bartlett
... testimony to the dissemination of religious ideas is found in Asoka's celebrated edict (probably 256 B.C.) in which he claims to have spread the Dhamma as far as the dominions of Antiochus "and beyond that Antiochus to where dwell the four kings named Ptolemy, Antigonus, Magas and Alexander." The kings mentioned are identified as the rulers of Syria, Egypt, Macedonia, Cyrene and Epirus. Asoka compares his missionary triumphs to the military conquests of other monarchs. It ...
— Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Charles Eliot


Words linked to "Antigonus" :   Monophthalmos, general, Macedonian, full general, Antigonus Cyclops


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