ALEXANDER II., king of Epirus (succeeded 272 B.c.). In 264 he invaded Macedonia but was driven out of that country and his own kingdom by Demetrius, son of Antigonus Gonatas. He was later restored to Epirus. He subsequently recovered his kingdom (Polybius ii. 45, ix. 34; Plutarch, Pyrrhus, 9; Justin xviii. 1, XXVi.
2, XXViii. 1).
See Thirlwall, History of Greece, vol. viii.; Droysen, Hellenismus; B. Niese, Gesch. d. griech. u. maked. Staaten; J. Beloch, Griech. Gesch., vol. iii.