Audata
Audata Αὐδάτη | |
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Tenure | c. 359 – c. 336 BC |
Died | 336 BC |
Spouse | Argead |
Audata (
Biography
She was the daughter or granddaughter
Audata was the first attested wife of Philip II. became the main wife of Philip II.
Her granddaughter was also named Eurydice. Audata probably lived into her daughter's teens and may still have been alive at the time of her daughter's marriage to Philip's nephew Amyntas IV. The assignment of the name Eurydice to Cleopatra, the niece of Attalus in 337/336 BC may suggest that Audata was no longer alive or at the court at that time, but Alexander the Great would certainly have encountered her in Pella as a child.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ The time of this marriage is somewhat disputed while some historians maintain that the marriage happened after the defeat of Bardyllis. (Carney, 2000)
References
- ^ a b Carney 2000, p. 57.
- ^ a b Stronk, Jan P. (2016). Semiramis' Legacy. The History of Persia According to Diodorus of Sicily. Edinburgh University Press.
- ^ a b Penrose, Walter Duvall Jr. (2016). Postcolonial Amazons: Female Masculinity and Courage in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit Literature. Oxford University Press.
- ISBN 0-631-19807-5.
- ISBN 978-1-315-58582-6.
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