Audata

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Audata
Αὐδάτη
Tenurec. 359 – c. 336 BC
Died336 BC
Spouse
Argead

Audata (

Ancient Greek Αὐδάτη; ruled c. 359 – c. 336 BC) was an Illyrian princess and the first attested wife of Philip II of Macedon.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

She was the daughter or granddaughter

Bardyllis. In order to concentrate on the internal struggle necessary to secure his crown, Philip II reaffirmed the treaty the Illyrians had imposed on Macedonia by force of arms and sealed the alliance with Bardyllis by his marriage of Audata. This action undoubtedly deterred a full-scale Illyrian invasion of Macedonia at a time when the country was most vulnerable.[Note 1]
Philip II immediately consolidated his power as a result, so much that he defeated Bardylis in a decisive battle in 358 BC.

Audata was the first attested wife of Philip II.

Photius, but it could also signify that Philip chose to change Audata's Illyrian name to something more Greek, or it could speak to his filial piety or simply to indicate that her status had changed.[8]: 58  Soon after, Olympias
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

  1. ^ The time of this marriage is somewhat disputed while some historians maintain that the marriage happened after the defeat of Bardyllis. (Carney, 2000)

References

  1. ^ a b Carney 2000, p. 57.
  2. ^ a b Stronk, Jan P. (2016). Semiramis' Legacy. The History of Persia According to Diodorus of Sicily. Edinburgh University Press.
  3. ^ a b Penrose, Walter Duvall Jr. (2016). Postcolonial Amazons: Female Masculinity and Courage in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit Literature. Oxford University Press.
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