Aeacides of Epirus
Aeacides | |
---|---|
King of Epirus | |
Reign | 331 - 313 BC (316-313 Macedonian rule) |
Predecessor | Alexander I of Epirus |
Successor | Alcetas II of Epirus |
Spouse | Phthia |
Issue | Pyrrhus I of Epirus Deidamia I of Epirus |
House | Aeacidae |
Father | Arybbas of Epirus |
Mother | Troas (daughter of Neoptolemus I of Epirus) |
Religion | Ancient Greek religion |
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
- ^ Livy, History of Rome, viii. 24
- ^ the mother and son of Alexander the Great
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 19.36.3 (Ancient Greek)
- ^ 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 domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aeacides". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.