A Pyrrhic Victory: Volume I, The Shaping of Destiny.<\/p>\n
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.<\/p>\n
Principal characters and their positions at the commencement of the novel. They are presented in order of their importance with regard to setting the historical and political stage.<\/p>\n
PYRRHUS \u2013 The young\u00a0disinherited king of Epirus, who fights with Antigonus and Demetrius at Ipsus, where this tale begins.<\/p>\n
ANTIGONUS \u2013 One of Alexander\u2019s generals. King of Phrygia and related territories. Rules Anatolia, the eastern seaboard of the Mediterranean and part of Greece (with his son Demetrius). Aims to recreate a single empire.<\/p>\n
DEMETRIUS \u2013 Son of Antigonus. Married to Deidameia, Pyrrhus\u2019s sister. Declared as heir and co-king by Antigonus.<\/p>\n
CASSANDER \u2013 Son of Antipater, Alexander\u2019s regent in Macedonia. Hated for executing Olympias, Alexander\u2019s mother, together with Roxanne and Alexander IV (Alexander the Great\u2019s wife and son). King of Macedonia.<\/p>\n
LYSIMACHUS \u2013 One of Alexander\u2019s generals. King of Thrace.<\/p>\n
PTOLEMY \u2013 One of Alexander\u2019s generals. Pharaoh of Egypt.<\/p>\n
BERENICE \u2013 Wife of Ptolemy. Empress of Egypt.<\/p>\n
ANTIGONE \u2013 Daughter of Berenice. Stepdaughter of Ptolemy.<\/p>\n
SELEUCUS \u2013 One of Alexander\u2019s generals. King of Asia (Syria, Mesopotamia, and the eastern territories of Alexander\u2019s empire).<\/p>\n
MENESTHEUS \u2013 Scholar and mercenary captain.<\/p>\n
PANTAUCHUS \u2013 General of Demetrius.<\/p>\n
CINEAS \u2013 Athenian politician.<\/p>\n
NEOPTOLEMUS \u2013 Pyrrhus\u2019s cousin, who has seized the throne of Epirus from Pyrrhus.<\/p>\n
DEIDAMEIA \u2013 Pyrrhus\u2019s sister, married to Demetrius.<\/p>\n
All of these characters are historical figures, with the exception of Menestheus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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