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## Ἀντίπατρος ἀδελφιδοῦς: Was Antipatros son of Epigonos of Telmessos the “Nephew” of Antiochos III ?

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Scolnic Benjamin. Ἀντίπατρος ἀδελφιδοῦς: Was Antipatros son of Epigonos of Telmessos the “Nephew” of Antiochos III ?. In: Dialogues d'histoire ancienne, vol. 48, n°2, 2022. pp. 175-189.

DOI : 10.3917/dha.482.0175

www.persee.fr/doc/dha_0755-7256_2022_num_48_2_5257

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DHA, 48/ 2, 2022 – CC-BY Dialogues d’ histoire ancienne, 48/ 2, 2022, 175‑189 – CC-BY

Ἀντίπατρος ἀδελφιδοῦς: Was Antipatros son of Epigonos of Telmessos the “ Nephew” of Antiochos III?

Benjamin Scolnic Southern Connecticut State University, USA Scolnic@ aol. com

Polybios calls Antipatros the “ nephew” (ἀδελφιδέος) of Antiochos III in four different contexts, as a cavalry commander of 4 000 men in the Battle of Raphia in 2171 and one of the two principal ambassadors to Ptolemy IV (with Theodotus Hemiolius) after that conflict; 2 as an important commander who leads the Tarantine cavalry at the Battle of Panion in 2013 and as one of the two principal ambassadors (with Zeuxis) to Rome in the negotiations about the conditions imposed by Scipio on Antiochos III after the Battle of Magnesia in 190.4 Polybios does not indicate how Antipatros was related to Antiochos III; the only possibility would seem to be that he was the son of Antiochis, the king’s sister. This suggestion, however, can be disproven (see below). 5 Strootman says Antipatros is called “ a brother of the king” 6 and states that, “ Antipatros in all likelihood was an (ethnic) Macedonian … the most trusted of

1 Polybios, V, 79, 12 ; V, 82, 9.

2 Polybios, V, 87, 1.

3 Polybios, XVI, 18, 1-19, 11.

4 Polybios, XXI, 16, 1-4. Though we do not have Polybios’s description of the Battle of Magnesia, it is fair to assume that it included something like the following that we have in Livy : “ The king commanded the right in person, the left he placed in charge of his son Seleukus and his nephew Antipater. The centre was entrusted to three commanders, Minnio, Zeuxis and Philip ; the latter was the master of the elephants” (Livy, XXXVII, 41).

5 Holleaux 1921.

6 Polybios, V, 79, 12 and 87, 1 ; Livy, XXXVII, 41, 1 and 55, 3.