Antigonus

In raillery he called Antigonus a shameless man because he had not yet laid aside the royal purple for the dress of a private man, and he eagerly accepted the invitation of Kleonymus the Spartan to go and attack Lacedæmon.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839

Macedonians, and his affairs being yet unsettled and brought to no firm consistence, he began to entertain new hopes and projects, and in raillery called Antigonus a shameless man, for still wearing his purple and not changing it for an ordinary dress; but upon

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

"Antigonus," he began, "now that my condition is such that the childlessness which other fathers regard as a curse I am compelled to regard as a thing to be wished for, I have resolved to leave to you the kingdom which your gallant uncle not only defended but augmented by his fidelity and watchfulness.

The History of Rome, Vol. VI 1905

One-eyed Antigonus, left behind in Asia Minor early in the campaign to deal with rebellious natives, turned his province into a private kingdom until he grew so fat he could no longer lead troops in battle.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

He agreed to their terms, leaving fifteen hundred troops behind to guard the city under the command of the one-eyed general Antigonus, whom the king appointed as satrap of the region.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

One-eyed Antigonus, left behind in Asia Minor early in the campaign to deal with rebellious natives, turned his province into a private kingdom until he grew so fat he could no longer lead troops in battle.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

He agreed to their terms, leaving fifteen hundred troops behind to guard the city under the command of the one-eyed general Antigonus, whom the king appointed as satrap of the region.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

One-eyed Antigonus, left behind in Asia Minor early in the campaign to deal with rebellious natives, turned his province into a private kingdom until he grew so fat he could no longer lead troops in battle.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

My favorites are "Winter Quarters," a splendid evocation of Roman soldiers serving in Julius Caesar's Gaul, and "Besieger of Cities," on the exploits and failures of King Demetrius, son of Antigonus the One-Eyed, the most colorful of Alexander's successors.

Handing Out Knives to Madmen Josiah Ober 2011

The most dramatic of these conflicts was that fought out in the eastern provinces ca. 319-16 between Antigonus and Eumenes, the despised Greek pen-pusher who proved himself the finest general of them all and was only defeated when his own troops sold him to Antigonus in return for their captured baggage-train.

Babylonian Dreaming Peter Green 2011