Lysimachus of Acarnania

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Who is Lysimachus of Acarnania?

Lysimachus of Acarnania 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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on July 23, 2013

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