Argaeus I of Macedon

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Argaeus I
King of Macedonia
PredecessorPerdiccas I
SuccessorPhilip I
Spouseunknown
IssuePhilip I
DynastyArgead
FatherPerdiccas I
Motherunknown
ReligionAncient Greek religion

Argaeus (

Archelaus' reign in 413 BC, British historian Nicholas Hammond estimated that Argaeus ruled around 623 BC.[3]

According to Herodotus and Thucydides, Argaeus was the second king of Macedonia.[4] However, a much later tradition records Caranus as the founder of Macedonia and therefore Argaeus as the fifth king. This unhistorical assertion is almost universally rejected by moderns scholarship as propaganda invented at the Argead court during the reign of Philip II.[5][6][7][8]

thyrsi (staffs), closely related to the cult of Dionysus.[10][11][12] After the victory, Argaeus founded a temple dedicated to Pseudanor (Fake-man).[11]

References

Notes

  1. ^ While Greeks such as Demosthenes and Aristotle referred to them as such, there is no evidence that any Macedonian ruler prior to Alexander III used an official royal title (basileus).[1][2]

Citations

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  2. ^ King, Carol (2010). "Macedonian Kingship and Other Political Institutions". In Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian (eds.). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 375.
  3. ^ N.G.L., Hammond; Griffith, G.T. (1979). A History of Macedonia Volume II: 550-336 B.C. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Herodotus, The Histories, Book 8, chapter 139, section 1". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  5. ^ Eder, Walter; Renger, Johannes, eds. (2006). Chronologies of the Ancient World: Names, Dates, and Dynasties. Boston: Brill. pp. 188–190.
  6. ^ Christesen, Paul; Murray, Sarah (2010). "Macedonian Religion". In Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian (eds.). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 432.
  7. ^ Greenwalt, William (1985). "The Introduction of Caranus into the Argead King List". Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. 26 (1): 43–49.
  8. ^ Hammond 1979, p. 5.
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Argaeus I of Macedon
Regnal titles
Preceded by
King of Macedon

c. 623 BC 		Succeeded by
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