Lysandra

Lysandra (in Greek Λυσανδρα; lived 3rd century BC) was daughter of Ptolemy I Soter and Eurydice, the daughter of Antipater. She was married first to Alexander, the son of Cassander, king of Macedonia, and after his death to Agathocles, the son of Lysimachus.rf|1|sync_eus_paus_1.9_plut_31 By this second marriage (which took place, according to Pausanias, after the return of Lysimachus from his expedition against the Getae, 291 BC) she had several children, with whom and with Agathocles' brother Alexander she fled to Asia after the murder of her husband by Lysimachus, at the in­stigation of Arsinoe, and besought assistance from Seleucus. The latter in consequence marched against Lysimachus, who was defeated and slain in the battle of Corupedium, 281 BC. From an expression of Pausanias, it appears that Lysandra must at this time have accompanied Seleucus, and was possessed of much influence, but in the confusion that followed the death of Seleucus a few months after there is no further record either of her or her children.rf|2|paus_1.10

References

*Smith, William (editor); "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology", [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1971.html "Lysandra"] , Boston, (1867)

Notes

ent|1|sync_eus_paus_1.9_plut_31 George Syncellus, "Ekloge chronographias"; Eusebius, "Chronicon", [http://www.attalus.org/translate/eusebius2.html#231 pag. 231] ; Pausanias, "Description of Greece", [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+1.9.1 i. 9] ; Plutarch, "Parallel Lives", "Demetrius", [http://www.attalus.org/old/demetrius2.html#31 31] , ent|2|paus_1.10 Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+1.10.1 i. 10]

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