Arrhidaeus, father of Amyntas III
Greek · mortal · classical · Recorded classification
Father of Amyntas III in Diodorus. Distinct from Philip III Arrhidaeus and the general of Alexander’s successors.
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
- 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)
Parentage accounts
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- Amyntas son of Alexander I — reported pedigreeThis connecting generation is mediated through Bennett; it does not amend Satyrus.
Descent unresolved; fraction unquantified because the account is incomplete.
- 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)
Complete cited pedigree (7 ancestral accounts)
- 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)
Children
Children in alternative accounts
- Amyntas III of Macedon: Arrhidaeus — DiodorusDiodorus Siculus, Library of History 15.60.3 (primary)
Relations
- 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)
- father of: Amyntas III of MacedonDiodorus Siculus, Library of History 15.60.3 (primary)
Sources
- Father of Amyntas III.: Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 15.60.3 (primary)
- Son of the younger Amyntas in the pedigree reported by Bennett.: Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Arsinoe, note 2.v (reporting Syncellus p. 500 and Beloch, Griechische Geschichte IV.2, p. 177) (secondary)