Alexander Helios

Alexander Helios
Prince of Ptolemaic Egypt
Bronze statuette identified as Alexander Helios, mid-1st century BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Born40 BC (presumed, exact date unknown)
Alexandria, Egypt
Diedpossibly between 29 and 25 BC
Rome, Roman Empire
DynastyPtolemaic
FatherMark Antony
MotherCleopatra VII Philopator

Alexander Helios (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Ἥλιος; late 40 BC – unknown, but possibly between 29 and 25 BC)[1] was a Ptolemaic prince and son of Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic dynasty and Roman triumvir Mark Antony. Alexander's fraternal twin sister was Cleopatra Selene II.[2][3] Cleopatra named her son after Alexander the Great.[4] His second name in Ancient Greek means "Sun"; this was the counterpart of his twin sister's second name Selene (Σελήνη), meaning "Moon".[5]

  1. ^ D. W. Roller, The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene, 2003, p. 77
  2. ^ Desmond, Alice (1983). Cleopatra's children. New York, Dodd, Mead. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-396-06376-6.
  3. ^ Magnusson, Magnus; Moorcroft, Christine (1998). Cleopatra (Famous People Story Books). p. 16. ISBN 978-1-86215-354-7.
  4. ^ Sapet, Kerrily (2007). Cleopatra: Ruler of Egypt (World Leaders). p. 110. ISBN 978-1-59935-035-6.
  5. ^ Mason, Charles Peter (1867). "Alexander". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 112. Archived from the original on 2007-04-05.