Antipater (disambiguation)

Several notable persons of the ancient world were named Antipater, Antipatros (from Αντιπάτερ, Αντίπατρος, literally meaning "like the father"):

Hellenistic leaders

 * Antipater (c. 397–319 BC), Macedonian general
 * Antipater II of Macedon, king of Macedon from 297 to 294 BC
 * Antipater Etesias (died 279 BC), king of Macedon
 * Antipater of Derbe

Herodians

 * Antipater the Idumaean (died 43 BC), father of Herod the Great
 * Antipater (son of Herod I) (46–4 BC), son of Herod the Great
 * Antipater, son of Salome, Herod the Great's sister
 * Antipater, son of Salampsio, Herod the Great's daughter, and Phasael ben Phasael

Philosophers

 * Antipater of Cyrene (c. 4th century BC), philosopher of the Cyrenaic school
 * Antipater of Tarsus (died 130 BC), Stoic philosopher
 * Antipater of Tyre (died 45 BC), Stoic philosopher

Writers

 * Antipater (writer), wrote on the subject of dreams
 * Antipater of Acanthus, Greek grammarian of uncertain date
 * Antipater of Bostra, bishop of Bostra in Arabia, fl. 460. His chief work was Antirrhesis, a reply to Pamphilus's Apology for Origen
 * Antipater of Sidon (2nd century BC), best known for his list of the Seven Wonders of the World
 * Antipater of Thessalonica (1st century BC), poet
 * Antipater (1st century BC physician)
 * Antipater (2nd century physician)
 * Antipater (astrologer), who wrote a work upon genethialogia
 * Aelius Antipater, writer and governor (Severan era)
 * Lucius Coelius Antipater, annalist, 2nd century BC

Others

 * Antipater of Phlya, leading Athenian statesman under Augustus
 * Antipater son of Epigonus, Greek Prince from Asia Minor who was the son of Epigonos of Telmessos
 * Antipater, celebrated silver-chaser (Naturalis Historia, xxxiii. 55)