He modelled his court after Athens and was a patron of the poets Pindar and Bacchylides, both of whom dedicated poems to Alexander. The earliest reference to an Athenian proxenos, who lived during the time of the Persian wars (c. 490 BC), is that of Alexander I. Alexander was given the title "philhellene" (Greek: "φιλέλλην", fond of the Greeks, lover of the Greeks), a title used for Greek patriots. Family Alexander had five sons and a daughter: Perdiccas II, future king of Macedon. Menelaus, father of Amyntas II Philip Amyntas, whose son Arrhidaeus was the father of Amyntas III. He was thought to be the father of Balacrus, father of Meleager and grandfather of Arsinoe of Macedon Alcetas Stratonice, married by her brother Perdiccas II to Seuthes II of Thrace. See also Ancient Macedonians List of ancient Macedonians References External links 6th-century BC births 454 BC deaths 5th-century BC Macedonian monarchs Argead kings of Macedonia Ancient Olympic competitors Ancient Macedonian athletes 5th-century BC rulers 6th-century BC Macedonians Proxenoi Achaemenid Macedon Battle of Plataea Rulers in the Achaemenid Empire