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Cassander

Proper noun

Meaning

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

(355–297 BCE) A king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and de facto ruler of Southern Greece.

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Their daughter, who would be the half-sister of Alexander the Great and, later the wife of Cassander, was appropriately named Thessalonike, to commemorate Philip's victory in Thessaly. In 315 Cassander founded at or near the site of ancient Therme the great city that still bears her name. Eugene N. Borza

After Alexander's death, his wife Roxane and their small son Alexander IV were exiled by Cassander and later murdered here. Source: Internet

He was often the servant of the heavy father (usually Cassander), his mute acting a compound of placid grace and cunning malice. Source: Internet

Hellenistic era further Antipater and his son Cassander gained control of Macedonia but it slid into a long period of civil strife following Cassander's death in 297 BC. Source: Internet

Later Cassander set up bronze statues to remember Alexander’s victory at the Granikos (334 BC). Source: Internet

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