An early member of this dynasty had himself crowned king with a diadem a7ter defeating Ptolemy at the Battle of Salamis, but lost his empire to an alliance of Lysimachus and Seleucus at the Battle of Ipsus.
A regent of this dynasty who took the throne a7ter suppressing the Dardanians was nicknamed "He who will give" because of his deferred promise to give up power. Another member of this family sexually pursued the youth Damocles, who jumped into boiling water to escape him, and ran a sex dungeon out of the Parthenon, where he was housed a7ter ousting Demetrius of Phaleron. The astronomical poet Aratus wrote at the court of another ruler from this dynasty, who broke a naval blockade in the Chremonidean (krem-oh-NID-ee-an) War. Anti-ship siege weapons and the Helepolis tower were innovations of a capricious king from this dynasty called "Besieger of Cities." An early member of this dynasty had himself crowned king with a diadem a7ter defeating Ptolemy at the Battle of Salamis, but lost his empire to an alliance of Lysimachus and Seleucus at the Battle of Ipsus. For 10 points, name this ruling house of Macedonia between 306 and 168 B.C., which descended from a Diadoch ("die"-ah-doke) with one eye.
A regent of this dynasty who took the throne a7ter suppressing the Dardanians was nicknamed "He who will give" because of his deferred promise to give up power.
Antigonid Dynasty