Amyntas III of Macedon
Greek · mortal · classical · Recorded classification
Macedonian king and father of Philip II. Arrhidaeus and Menelaus are conflicting paternal accounts, not two concurrent fathers.
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
Parentage accounts
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- Arrhidaeus — DiodorusDiodorus’s paternal report; the competing Menelaus account is a separate choice.
Descent unresolved; fraction unquantified because the account is incomplete.
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 15.60.3 (primary)Complete cited pedigree (8 ancestral accounts)
- Arrhidaeus, father of Amyntas IIIThis connecting generation is mediated through Bennett; it does not amend Satyrus.
- father: Amyntas, son of Alexander IThis step is reported by Bennett’s genealogy discussion.Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Arsinoe, note 2.v (reporting Syncellus p. 500 and Beloch, Griechische Geschichte IV.2, p. 177) (secondary)
- Amyntas, son of Alexander ISecondary reporting of Syncellus, not the conjectured insertion into Satyrus’s text.
- father: Alexander I of MacedonSyncellus is consulted through Bennett, not independently collated.Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Arsinoe, note 2.v (reporting Syncellus p. 500 and Beloch, Griechische Geschichte IV.2, p. 177) (secondary)
- Alexander I of MacedonThe immediate father is explicit in Herodotus; the group continues through his earlier king-list.
- father: Amyntas I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- Amyntas 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: Alcetas I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- 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)
- Arrhidaeus, father of Amyntas IIIThis connecting generation is mediated through Bennett; it does not amend Satyrus.
- Menelaus — Justin and AelianAlternative ancient report with chronological difficulties. It replaces Arrhidaeus and does not import his ancestors.
Descent unresolved; fraction unquantified because the account is incomplete.
- father: Menelaus, reported father of Amyntas IIIConflicting ancient report; retained separately from Diodorus.Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus 7.4 (J. S. Watson translation) (primary); Aelian, Various History 12.43 (Thomas Stanley translation) (primary)
Children
Children in alternative accounts
- Philip II of Macedon: Amyntas III and Eurydice — reported historical familyDiodorus Siculus, Library of History 15.60.3 (primary)
Variant accounts
- parentageDiodorus names Arrhidaeus; Justin and Aelian name Menelaus. These reports remain separate accounts.Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 15.60.3 (primary); Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus 7.4 (J. S. Watson translation) (primary); Aelian, Various History 12.43 (Thomas Stanley translation) (primary)
Relations
- father: Arrhidaeus, father of Amyntas IIIDiodorus Siculus, Library of History 15.60.3 (primary)
- reported father: Menelaus, reported father of Amyntas IIIConflicting ancient report; retained separately from Diodorus.Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus 7.4 (J. S. Watson translation) (primary); Aelian, Various History 12.43 (Thomas Stanley translation) (primary)
- spouse: Eurydice, mother of Philip IIJustin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus 7.4 (J. S. Watson translation) (primary)
- father of: Philip II of MacedonDiodorus Siculus, Library of History 15.60.3 (primary)
Sources
- Father of Philip and son of Arrhidaeus.: Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 15.60.3 (primary)
- Husband of Eurydice, with an alternative paternal report naming Menelaus.: Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus 7.4 (J. S. Watson translation) (primary); Aelian, Various History 12.43 (Thomas Stanley translation) (primary)