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Antigonus I Cyclops or Monophthalmus ("the One-eyed", so called from his having lost an eye) (382 BC - 301 BC) was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great.
Antigonus was appointed governor of Greater Phrygia in 333 BC, and in the division of the provinces after Alexander's death in 323 BC he also received Pamphylia and Lycia from Perdiccas, regent of the empire.
Antigonus found himself entrusted with the command of the war against Eumenes, who had joined Perdiccas against the coalition of Antipater, Antigonus, Ptolemy, Craterus, and the other generals.
Antigonus' peaceful years as the Satrap of Phrygia came to a conclusion upon Alexander's death, for the next two decades this obscure administrative ruler of Phrygia would dominate the political arena during the period of the Diadochoi.
Antigonus was a family man, he married his wife and remained married to her for the rest of his life, in sharp contrast to the other successors.13 There was also genuine affection between Antigonus and his son Demetrios.
Antigonus was among Alexander's successors, in the strongest position to reunite the lands conquered by Alexander.
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