Aeacides of Epirus

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Aeacides
King of Epirus
Reign331 - 313 BC
(316-313 Macedonian rule)
PredecessorAlexander I of Epirus
SuccessorAlcetas II of Epirus
SpousePhthia
IssuePyrrhus I of Epirus
Deidamia I of Epirus
HouseAeacidae
FatherArybbas of Epirus
MotherTroas (daughter of Neoptolemus I of Epirus)
ReligionAncient Greek religion
Aeacides may also refer to Peleus, son of Aeacus, or Achilles, grandson of Aeacus.
Epirus in Antiquity.

Aeacides (

Ancient Greek: Αἰακίδης; died 313 BC), King of Epirus (331–316, 313), was a son of King Arybbas and grandson of King Alcetas I
.

Family

Aeacides married

Deidamia
and Troias.

Reign

In 331 BC, on the death of his cousin king

Philip, who defeated him in two battles. During the last of the two battles Aeacides was killed.[4]

Notes and References

  1. ^ Livy, History of Rome, viii. 24
  2. ^ the mother and son of Alexander the Great
  3. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 19.36.3 (Ancient Greek)
  4. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, i. 11; Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xix. 11, 36, 74; Plutarch, Lives, "Pyrrhus", 1-2

Sources

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Aeacides". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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Preceded by
King of Epirus

331–316 BC
Succeeded by
Macedonian Rule
Preceded by
Macedonian Rule
King of Epirus

313 BC
Succeeded by
Alcetas II