About Lysimachus of Acarnania
Born 400 BC. Lysimachus of Acarnania was a military leader.
Lysimachus of Acarnania (Greek: Λυσίμαχος, Lysimachos) was one of the tutors of Alexander the Great. Though a man of very slender accomplishments, he ingratiated himself with the royal family by calling himself Phoenix, and Alexander Achilles, and Philip Peleus; and by this sort of flattery, according to Plutarch, he obtained the second place among the young prince's tutors.
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Who was Lysimachus of Acarnania?
second tutor of Alexander of Great
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Lysimachus of Acarnania was born in 400 BC.
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Lysimachus of Acarnania was a military leader.
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