Alexarchus of Macedon

Alexarchus or Alexarch (Greek: ) 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 as slang or pedantic. Glossary aputes <caller> for keryx herald (Attic ἠπύω êpuô, Doric and Arcadian apuô, call to) argyris <silver cup> for drachma brotokertes <mortal-shaver> for koureus barber hemerotrophis <daily-food> for choinix dry measure orthroboas <morning-shouter> for alektor, alektryon rooster References