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 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

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Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1867). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.