Antipater son of Epigonos[1][2][3] (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπατρος Ἐπιγόνου, romanized: Antipatros Epigonou, flourished second half of 3rd century BC and first half of 2nd century BC) was a Greek prince from Asia Minor.
[4][5] He may have been a nephew of Lysimachus of Telmessos;[6] and cousin of Ptolemy II[7] and Berenice of Telmessos,[8] and thus a descendant of Lysimachus and Ptolemy I Soter, companions of Alexander the Great who subsequently became kings of portions of his empire,[9] but the connection of Epigonus and Antipater to this Telmessian dynasty is disputed[10] Little is known on the life of Antipater, as he was a part of the Lysimachid dynasty, which is also known as the Ptolemaic/Lysimachid dynasty in Lycia[11] in ruling the city of Telmessos.
[20] In 197 BC, the region of Lycia was no longer under Ptolemaic control as it was under the occupation of Antiochus III,[21] thus Ptolemy II became a Client King of Telmessos under Seleucid rule.
During the Treaty of Apamea in 188 BC, Antiochus III was forced to give the region of Lycia to the King Eumenes II of Pergamon.
[24] According to dedication inscriptions on the Greek island of Delos, Ptolemy II made offerings of thanks for the Peace of Apamea.