Alexarchus of Macedon

For other persons with this name, see Alexarchus.

Alexarchus or Alexarch (Greek: Ἀλέξαρχος) was an Ancient Macedonian scholar and officer, son of Antipater and brother of Cassander. 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 slang or pedantic.

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

Sources

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• Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae iii. p. 98