The Last of the Athenians

Antipater did not treat Greeks cruelly—he wanted allies. Perdiccas marched toward Macedon with the infant Alexander; Antipater opposed him. When Antipater died, his son Cassander and general Polysperchon quarreled. Polysperchon entered Athens and condemned Phocion to drink hemlock. There wasn't enough poison; Phocion had to pay for more. He said, "It seems one cannot even die for nothing in Athens." He was called "the Last of the Athenians." After Perdiccas was killed by crocodiles crossing the Nile, Olympias killed Arridaeus. Cassander killed Olympias, then imprisoned and murdered Roxana and the child king. Twelve years after Alexander's death, his entire family was dead.