Antigonus

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Antigonus may refer to:

• Three Macedonian kings of the Antigonid dynasty that succeeded Alexander the Great in Asia:
  • Antigonus I Monophthalmus (382–301 BC)
  • Antigonus II Gonatas (319–239 BC)
  • Antigonus III Doson (263–221 BC)
• Antigonus of Callas Macedonian hetairos and athlete
• Antigonus of Carystus, 3rd century BC Greek writer on various subjects.
• Antigonus of Sokho, Jewish scholar of the third century BC.
• Antigonus the Hasmonean (died 37 BC), the last ruler of the Hasmonean kingdom of Judea.
• Antigonus (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterflies.

[edit] References

• Antigonus Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology