Alexarchus of Macedon explained

Alexarchus or Alexarch (Greek: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀλέξαρχος) was an Ancient Macedonian scholar and officer, son of Antipater and brother of Cassander.^[1] He lived around 350 to 290 BC. He is mentioned as the founder of a utopian town called Ouranopolis, in Chalcidice. Here he is said to have introduced a number of neologisms, which, though very expressive, appear to have been regarded as slang or pedantic.^{[2] [3]}

Glossary

• Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ἀπύτης aputes for keryx herald (Attic ἠπύω êpuô, Doric and Arcadian apuô, call to)
• Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ἀργυρὶς argyris for drachma
• Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: βροτοκέρτης brotokertes for koureus barber
• Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ἡμεροτροφὶς hemerotrophis for choinix dry measure
• Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ὀρθροβόας orthroboas for alektor, alektryon rooster

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Schmitz . Leonhard . Alexarchus (1) . William Smith . William Smith (lexicographer) . . 1 . 128 . . Boston . 1867 .
2. [Athenaeus]
3. Book: Gera, Deborah Levine . Ancient Greek ideas on speech, language, and civilization . . 2003 . Oxford . 33 . 0-19-925616-0.