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36. Diod. 19.105.2.
37. See in particular: Paus. 9.7.2, which underlines that both men
were probably poisoned; Just. 15.2.4–5, which mentions a double murder
without giving any clues as to its circumstances (see also Pomp.
Trog. Prol.15); Porphyry, FGrH 260 F 3.3, which alludes to the story of
two anonymous sons of Alexander murdered by Cassander; Parian Marble,
FGrH 239 B 18, which mentions the deaths of Alexander the Great’s
two sons in the Attic year 310/9, neither describing their circumstances,
nor mentioning Cassander (similarly, see also App. Syr. 54, which maintains
that Alexander’s two sons had already died by the time of Antigonus’
and Demetrius’ royal accession); Heidelberg Epitome, FGrH 155 F
1.7, which mentions Alexander IV’s murder only; Plut. de vit. pud. 4
(Mor. 530c), which only hints at Polyperchon’s Cassander-induced murder
of Heracles.
38. Diod. 20.20.1–2.
39. On Polyperchon’s strategy, see Bengtson 1964: i, 136–38; Heckel
2006: 226–31.
40. On δωρεαί in the Macedonian monarchy, see most recently Corsaro
2001: 233–44, with full bibliography.
41. See Diod. 19.105.2 (archon: Simonides—death of Alexander IV);
20.20.1 (archon: Hieromnemon—“detection” of Heracles); 20.28.1–2
(archon: Demetrius of Phalerum—death of Heracles); Parian Marble,
FGrH 239 B 18 (archon: Hieromnemon—death of Alexander IV and of
Heracles). Wheatley 1998: 12–23 clarifi es the chronology of the deaths
Alexander the Great’s sons. He brings the murder of Alexander IV and
that of Heracles into temporal proximity by dating the latter’s death to the
late Julian year 308 and the former’s to the late Julian year 309, positing a
year’s gap between the two events. In the light of these observations, the
assumptions underpinning the chronological chart in Wacholder 1984:
183–211 appear rather daring insofar as they postdate Alexander IV’s
death to 305/4 to coincide with Seleucus’ accession to the throne.
42. See Diod. 19.105.1–2: K άσσανδρος δὲ ὁρῶν Ἀλέξανδρον τὸν ἐκ
Ῥωξάνης αὐξόμενον καὶ κατὰ τὴν Μακεδονίαν λόγους ὑπό τινων διαδομένους
ὅτι καθήκει προάγειν ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς τὸν παῖδα καὶ τὴν πατρῴαν βασιλείαν
παραδοῦναι, φοβηθεὶς ὑπὲρ ἐαυτοῦ προσέταξε Γλαυκίᾳ τῷ προεστηκότι
τῆς τοῦ παιδὸς φυλακῆς τὴν μὲν Ῥωξάνην καὶ τὸν βασιλέα κατασφάξαι καὶ
κρύψαι τὰ σώματα, τὸ δὲ γεγονὸς μηδενὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀπαγγεῖλαι. The same
piece of information is also in Just. 15.2.3–4, even though the passage erroneously
refers to Heracles because Justin inverted the names of Alexander
the Great’s sons in the course of epitomating Trogus ( Cassander . . .
occidi eum [= Herculem] tacite cum matre Barsine iubet corporaque eorum
terra obrui, ne caedes sepultura proderetur). That this is a mere inversion
due to Justin’s carelessness is proven by the fact that the sequence of the