Menelaus_(son_of_Amyntas_III)

Menelaus (son of Amyntas III)

Menelaus (son of Amyntas III)

4th-century BC Macedonian

Menelaus (Ancient Greek: Μενέλαος, romanized: Menelaos) was the half-brother of Philip II, king of ancient Macedonia. He was the son of Amyntas III and Gygaea, Amyntas' second wife, and had two brothers, Archelaus and Arrhidaeus.[1][2] Fearing rival claimants to the throne, Philip executed Archelaus in 359 BC, and later killed Menelaus and Arrhidaeus following a siege at Olynthus in 348 BC.[3][4][5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Roisman, Joseph (2010). "Classical Macedonia to Perdiccas III". In Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian (eds.). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Blackwell. p. 161.
  2. [2]
    Carney, Elizabeth (2000). Women and Monarchy in Macedonia. University of Oklahoma Press, p.46-47. ISBN 0-8061-3212-4
  3. [3]
    Justin. "Epitome of Pompeius Trogus' Philippic Histories". Translated by Watson, John Selby (1853), 8.3.10.
  4. [4]
    Müller, Sabine (2010). "Philip II". In Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian (eds.). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Blackwell. p. 167.
  5. [5]
    Worthington, Ian (2014). By The Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire. Oxford University Press. pp. 29–30.

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