Alexarchus of Macedon

Alexarchus or Alexarch (Greek: Ἀλέξαρχος) was an Ancient Macedonian scholar and officer, son of Antipater and brother of Cassander.^[1] He lived around 350 to 290 BC. He is mentioned as the founder of a utopian town called Ouranopolis, in Chalcidice. Here he is said to have introduced a number of neologisms, which, though very expressive, appear to have been regarded as slang or pedantic.^[2]^[3]

Glossary

ἀπύτης aputes <caller> for keryx herald (Attic ἠπύω êpuô, Doric and Arcadian apuô, call to)
ἀργυρὶς argyris <silver cup> for drachma
βροτοκέρτης brotokertes <mortal-shaver> for koureus barber
ἡμεροτροφὶς hemerotrophis <daily-food> for choinix dry measure
ὀρθροβόας orthroboas <morning-shouter> for alektor, alektryon rooster

References

^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alexarchus (1)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 128.
^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae iii. p. 98
^ Gera, Deborah Levine (2003). Ancient Greek ideas on speech, language, and civilization. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 33. ISBN 0-19-925616-0.

Sources

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alexarchus (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 128.

[DGRBM-1] Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alexarchus (1)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 128.

[2] Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae iii. p. 98

[3] Gera, Deborah Levine (2003). Ancient Greek ideas on speech, language, and civilization. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 33. ISBN 0-19-925616-0.

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