Amyntas I of Macedon
Greek · mortal · Recorded classification
Son of Alcetas in both the Satyrus quotation and Herodotus. The quoted pedigree next names Bocrus; Bennett discusses the chronological difficulty and conjectured missing generations. Those conjectured generations are not inserted into the transmitted account.
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
No parents recorded in the default.
Parentage accounts
Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.
- Satyrus: transmitted divine ancestryOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
Claimed divine ancestry; fraction unquantified because the account is incomplete.
- father: Alcetas I of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
Complete cited pedigree (19 ancestral accounts)
- Alcetas I of MacedonOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Aeropus I of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Aeropus I of MacedonOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Philip I of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Philip I of MacedonThe transmitted quotation omits Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip. Herodotus 8.139 is preserved as a separate account. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Perdiccas I of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Perdiccas I of MacedonOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: TyrimmasSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- TyrimmasOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Coenus of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Coenus of MacedonOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Caranus of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Caranus of MacedonOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: AristodamidasSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- AristodamidasOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: AcousSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- AcousOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Thestius, son of MaronSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Thestius, son of MaronOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Maron, son of CeisusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Maron, son of CeisusOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: CeisusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- CeisusOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: TemenusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- TemenusOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: AristomachusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- AristomachusOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: CleodaeusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- CleodaeusOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: HyllusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- HyllusOnly the parents named in the transmitted passage are included. Missing coparents remain unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: HeraclesSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- mother: DeianiraSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- HeraclesThe quoted pedigree explicitly calls Heracles son of Zeus but does not name his mother. Other accounts remain separately available. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: ZeusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- DeianiraThe pedigree names Dionysus and Althaea; the Oeneus account is preserved separately. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: DionysusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- mother: AlthaeaSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- AlthaeaOnly the parents named in the transmitted passage are included. Missing coparents remain unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Thestius of AetoliaSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Herodotus: Macedonian royal pedigreeThe Macedonian ancestry given in Histories 8.139. This account includes Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip; it is not silently merged with the Satyrus quotation.
Descent unresolved; fraction unquantified because the account is incomplete.
- father: Alcetas I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
Complete cited pedigree (4 ancestral accounts)
- Alcetas I of MacedonThe Macedonian ancestry given in Histories 8.139. This account includes Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip; it is not silently merged with the Satyrus quotation.
- father: Aeropus I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- Aeropus I of MacedonThe Macedonian ancestry given in Histories 8.139. This account includes Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip; it is not silently merged with the Satyrus quotation.
- father: Philip I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- Philip I of MacedonThe Macedonian ancestry given in Histories 8.139. This account includes Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip; it is not silently merged with the Satyrus quotation.
- father: Argaeus I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- Argaeus I of MacedonThe Macedonian ancestry given in Histories 8.139. This account includes Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip; it is not silently merged with the Satyrus quotation.
- father: Perdiccas I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
Children
Children in alternative accounts
- Alexander I of Macedon: Amyntas I — HerodotusHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- Bocrus: Satyrus: transmitted divine ancestrySatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
Relations
- father (dynastic pedigree): Alcetas I of MacedonNamed parent in the Satyrus pedigree; select that account to display the claimed lineage.Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- child (dynastic pedigree): BocrusNamed child in the Satyrus pedigree; this claim does not alter conventional default parentage.Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- father (Herodotean pedigree): Alcetas I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- child (Herodotean pedigree): Alexander I of MacedonFather-son relationship in the Macedonian royal genealogy; Alexander I is distinct from Alexander the Great.Herodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
Sources
- Son of Alcetas in both the Satyrus quotation and Herodotus. The quoted pedigree next names Bocrus; Bennett discusses the chronological difficulty and conjectured missing generations. Those conjectured generations are not inserted into the transmitted account.: Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary); Herodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary); Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Arsinoe: Dynastic Origins, note 2 (secondary)