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  Amyntas II
Amyntas II (or III), son of Arrhidaeus[?], great-grandson of Alexander I, king of Macedon from 393 (or 389) to 369 BC.
He came to the throne after the ten years of confusion which followed the death of Archelaus, the patron of art and literature, and showed the same taste for Greek culture and its representatives.
By his wife, Eurydice, he had three sons, the youngest of whom was the famous Philip of Macedon.
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 Macedon - Phantis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Macedon (or Macedonia from Greek Μακεδονία;) was the name of an ancient kingdom on the northern edge of ancient Greece, bordering the Greek kingdom of Epirus on the west and the non-Greek state of Thrace to the east.
Perdiccas III's infant heir was deposed by Amyntas' third son, Philip II of Macedon, who made himself king and ushered in a period of Macedonian dominance of Greece.
Under Philip V of Macedon (221–179 BC) and his son Perseus of Macedon (179–168), the kingdom clashed with the rising power of the Roman Republic.
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 Macedon - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The poet Hesiod described "Macedon" as a son of Zeus and grandson of Deucalion, thus marking the land and its people as outlying tribes of the Greek world in his view.
The last Antigonid king, Perseus, was defeated in 168 BC by the Romans, who divided the country into four self-governing republics on the model of their own constitution; when this policy failed, they reorganised the territory into the province of Macedonia in 146 BC.
Macedon was divided between the Upper, mountainous regions, and the Lower regions of the Emathian Plain, including the settlements on the Thermaic Gulf.
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 Amyntas III of Macedon Information
Amyntas III (or II), son of Arrhidaeus, grandfather of Alexander the Great, was king of Macedon from 393 (or 389) to 369 BC.
He came to the throne after the ten years of confusion which followed the death of Archelaus II, the patron of art and literature.
By his wife, Eurydice, he had three sons, the youngest of whom was the famous Philip II of Macedon.
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 List of ancient Greeks
Amyntas III of Macedon - King of Macedon
Arsinoe III of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Ptolemy III of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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 Alexander of Macedon - WikIran
Macedon to the headship of the Greek states, and the air was charged with great ideas.
That work was on the point of opening its most brilliant chapter by an invasion of the great king's dominions; the army was concentrated and certain forces had already been sent on to occupy the opposite shore of the Hellespont.
That he aimed at conquering the whole world and demanded to be worshipped as a god is the traditional view.
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 amun - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The Egyptian goose (chenalopex) is figured in the Eighteenth dynasty as sacred to Amun; but his most frequent and celebrated incarnation was the woolly sheep with curved ("Amun") horns (as opposed to the oldest native breed with long horizontal twisted horns and hairy coat, sacred to Khnum).
It is found as representing Amun from the time of Amenhotep III onwards.
As king of the gods, Amun was identified by the Greeks with Zeus and his consort Mut with Hera.
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 Amyntas III of Macedon - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Argeads: Karanus • Koinos • Tyrimmas • Perdiccas I • Argaeus I • Philip I • Aeropus I • Alcetas I • Amyntas I • Alexander I • Perdiccas II • Archelaus I • Craterus • Orestes and Aeropus II • Archelaus II •
Amyntas III Alexander II • Ptolemy I • Perdiccas IIIAmyntas IV • Philip II • Alexander the Great • Antipater
Antigonids: Demetrius I • Lysimachus and Pyrrhus • Ptolemy II • Meleager • Antipater II • Sosthenes • Antigonus II • Demetrius II • Antigonus III • Philip V • Perseus
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Amyntas IV of Macedon
Amyntas IV (Greek: Αμύντας) was a titular king of Macedonia in 359 BC and member of the Argead dynasty.
He was son of King Perdiccas III of Macedon.
Amyntas was judged dangerous enough to be a menace to Philip, who even gave him his daughter Cynane in marriage.
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 Amyntas III of Macedon - Japan
Amyntas III (Greek Αμύντας Γ΄), son of Arrhidaeus, grandfather of Alexander the Great, was king of Macedon from 393 (or 389) to 369 BC.
By his wife, Eurydice, he had three sons, the youngest of whom was the famous Philip II of Macedon.
Amyntas III Alexander II • Ptolemy I
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 Learn more about Philip II of Macedon in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Philip II (382 BC - 336 BC), King of Macedon (359 BC - 336 BC) Olympionike, was the father of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) and Philip III of Macedon.
Coin with likeness of Philip II Born in Pella in 382 BC, he was King Amyntas III of Macedon and Queen Eurydice's youngest son, but the deaths of his elder brothers Kings Alexander II of Macedon and Perdiccas III of Macedon allowed him to take the throne in 359 BC.
His military skills and expansionist vision of Macedonian greatness brought him early success, and it was not until his armies were opposed by Athens at Thermopylae in 352 BC that he faced any serious resistance.
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 Macedon - NumisWiki, The Collaborative Numismatics Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The early silver coins conjecturally attributed to it recall, in their type of the kneeling he-goat, the story told of Karanos its founder, a brother of Pheidon, king of Argos, who was directed by an oracle ‘to seek an empire by the guidance of goats’.
Amyntas III, however, found himself compelled to hand over the maritime district of Macedon to the Olynthians, and it is to this interval that the bronze coins of Pydna, identical in type with those of Amyntas, belong.
Amyntas III, First Reign, B.C. „ „ Second Reign, B.C. Some of the coins bearing the name of Amyntas may belong to the short reign of Amyntas II.
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 Alexander II of Macedon - Phantis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alexander II was king of Macedon from 370 - 368 BC, following the death of his father Amyntas II.
He was the eldest of the three sons of Amyntas and Eurydice.
Although Alexander's brother Perdiccas III became the next king, he was under age, and Ptolemy was appointed regent.
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 ipedia.com: Philip II of Macedon Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Philip II, King of Macedon Olympionike, was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III of Macedon.
Philip II (382 BC - 336 BC), King of Macedon (359 BC - 336 BC) Olympionike, was the father of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) and Philip III of Macedon.
Coin with likeness of Philip II Born in Pella in 382 BC, he was King Amyntas III of Macedon and Queen Eurydice's youngest son, but the deaths of his elder brothers Kings Alexander II of Macedon and Perdiccas III of Macedon allowed him to take the throne in 359 BC.
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 Macedonia FAQ: Philip II of Macedonia
Philip II of Macedonia (382-336 BC), king of Macedonia (359-336 BC), son of Amyntas II and Eurydice was born in Pella, the capital of ancient Macedonia.
During his childhood he saw the Macedonian kingdom disintegrating while his elder brothers Alexander II and Perdiccas III, fought unsuccessfully against insubordination of their regional vassal princes, continuous attacks by the northern Greek city Thebes, and invasion by the Illyrians of the northwest frontier.
On the death of Alexander the Great he was elected king under the name of Philip III by the Macedonian army, and in 322 BC he married.
faq.macedonia.org /history/philip.html   (2236 words)

  
 Ancient coins of Macedon
Aegae (later Edessa) was the original capital of the kingdom of Macedon, and the burial-place of its kings.
Amyntas III, however, found himself compelled to hand over the maritime district of Macedon to the Olynthians, and it is to this interval that the bronze coins of Pydna, identical in type with those of Amyntas, belong.
Amyntas III, First Reign, B.C. „ „ Second Reign, B.C. Some of the coins bearing the name of Amyntas may belong to the short reign of Amyntas II.
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 Aristotle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Aristotle was born at Stageira, a colony of Andros on the Macedonian peninsula of Chalcidice in 384 BC.
His father, Nicomachus, was court physician to King Amyntas III of Macedon.
It is believed that Aristotle's ancestors held this position under various kings of the Macedons.
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 Philip II of Macedon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Philip II of Macedon: victory medal (niketerion) struck in Tarsus, 2nd c.
He was the father of Alexander the Great, Phillip III Arrhidaeus, and possibly Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Born in Pella, Philip was the youngest son of King Amyntas III and Eurydice.
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 Philip II
Philip II of Macedon (Macedonia) (382 BC - 336 BC), King of Macedon (ruled 359 BC - 336 BC), father of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) and Philip III of Macedon.
Born in Pella in 382 BC, he was the youngest son of King Amyntas III of Macedon and Queen Eurydice.
Originally appointed Regent for his infant nephew Amyntas IV of Macedon (359 BC) the son of Perdiccas III, Philip managed to take the kingdom for himself that same year.
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 AthensAristotle
Aristotle, or Aristoteles, (c.384-322 BC) was born in Stagirus in the Greek colony of Chalcidice, which lies to the north of Greece near Macedon.
Nicomachus, Aristotle's father, was court physician to King Amyntas III of Macedon.
In 343 BC, Aristotle returned to Macedon at the invitation of King Philip.For three years he became the tutor of the adolescent Alexander the Great.
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 Aristotle -- Politics [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Aristotle also knew Philip of Macedon (son of Amyntas III) and there is a tradition that says Aristotle tutored Philip’s son Alexander, who would later be called "the Great" after expanding the Macedonian Empire all the way to what is now India.
Aristotle says that "It is clear that all partnerships aim at some good, and that the partnership that is most authoritative of all and embraces all the others does so particularly, and aims at the most authoritative good of all.
From the very first partnerships of male and female and master and slave, nature has been aiming at the creation of cities, because cities are necessary for human beings to express their capacities and virtues at their best, thus fulfilling their potential and moving towards such perfection as is possible for human beings.
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 Chambers Reference Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Aristotle was born at Stagira, a Greek colony on the pen-insula of Chalcidice.
His father was court physician to Amyntas III of Macedon (grandfather of Alexander the Great).
He spent time at Atarneus in Asia Minor (where he married), at Mytilene, and in about 342 was appointed by Philip II, King of Macedon, to act as tutor to his 13-year-old son Alexander.
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 Philip of Macedon Philip II of Macedonia Biography
He was born in Pella, the capital of the ancient Macedonian kingdom, as the youngest son of king Amyntas III.
The Thracians were already in possession of eastern Macedonia, the strongest Greek military power of Thebes continuously intervened in the internal Macedonian politics, the Greeks colonies on the edge of Macedonia, particularly Olynthus, were obstacle to Macedonia's economy and presented a military danger, and the invasions of the Illyrians put north-western Macedonia under their occupation.
However, it was later proven that the tomb dates from around 317 BC, suggesting that it belonged to king Philip III Arrhidaeus, the son of Philip II and half-brother of Alexander the Great (Science 2000 April 21; 288: 511-514).
www.historyofmacedonia.org /AncientMacedonia/PhilipofMacedon.html   (5131 words)

  
 Aristotle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Aristotle was born at Stageira, a Greek colony on the Macedonian peninsula Chalcidice in 384 BCE.
In 344 BCE, Hermias was murdered in a rebellion, and Aristotle went with his family to Mytilene.
Then, one or two years later, he was summoned to his native Stageira by King Philip II of Macedon to become the tutor of Alexander the Great, who was then 13.
www.muestrario.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/ar/aristotle.html   (2778 words)

  
 Philip of Macedon
He was born in Pella, the capital of the ancient Macedonian kingdom, as the youngest son of king Amyntas III.
The Thracians were already in possession of eastern Macedonia, the strongest Greek military power of Thebes continuously intervened in the internal Macedonian politics, the Greeks colonies on the edge of Macedonia, particularly Olynthus, were obstacle to Macedonia's economy and presented a military danger, and the invasions of the Illyrians put north-western Macedonia under their occupation.
However, it was later proven that the tomb dates from around 317 BC, suggesting that it belonged to king Philip III Arrhidaeus, the son of Philip II and half-brother of Alexander the Great (Science 2000 April 21; 288: 511-514).
www.ancientmacedonia.com /PhilipofMacedon.html   (3378 words)

  
 Biography - Aristotle
Aristotle was born in Stagira, on the peninsula of Chalcidice in 384 BC.
His father, Nicomachus, was court physician to King Amyntas III of Macedon.
Then, one or two years later, he was summoned to Pella, the Macedonian capital, by King Philip II of Macedon to become the tutor of Alexander the Great, who was then 14.
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 ALEXANDER THE GREAT, Project by JJP
Alexandros III Philippou Makedonon (Alexander the Great, Alexander III of Macedon) (356-323 B.C.), King of Macedonia, born in late July 356 BC in Pella, Macedonia, one of the greatest military genius in history.
The known victims of this purge were Alexander's own rivals: his older cousin Philip's nephew Amyntas, son of King Perdiccas III; the principal family of Alexander of Lyncestis, although he himself was spared; and Philip's wife Cleopatra and her infant daughter, killed by Olympias.
A possible rival for the throne remained Attalus; Cleopatra's (the last Philip's wife) uncle has been disaffected because of the murder of Cleopatra and her daughter, but he had not claim the throne of Macedonia, he was loyal to Philip and hostile to his assassin.
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 Eurydice II of Macedon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Queen Eurydice was a queen of Macedon and mother to Philip II.
She was married to King Amyntas III of Macedon and had four children: King Philip II of Macedon, Alexander II of Macedon, Perdiccas III of Macedon, and Eurynoe, Princess of Macedon.
Her mythological ancestry can be traced to the Greek God of the sea Poseidon based on Greek mythology and Greek writings.
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