Meda of Odessos
Meda of
Thracian princess, daughter[1] of the king Cothelas[2] a Getae,[3] and wife of king Philip II of Macedon. Philip married her after Olympias
.
According to
Great Tumuli of Vergina, in a separate room. The second larnax found in the tomb might belong to her[4] as well as the gold myrtle wreath.[5]
Honours
Meda Nunatak in Antarctica is named after Meda of Odessos.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Readings in Greek History: Sources and Interpretations by D. Brendan Nagle and Stanley M. Burstein,2006,page 244: "... Also when he conquered Thrace, Cothelas, the king of the Thracians, came to him with his daughter Meda..."
- ^ Atlas of Classical History by R. Talbert,1989,page 63,"Getae under Cothelas"
- ^ Alexander the Great (Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts) by Keyne Cheshirepage 2: "... the north-west, Philinna and Nicesipolis from Thessaly to the south, Meda of the Thracian Getae north-east of Macedonia, and Z Introduction ..."
- ^ Elizabeth Donnelly Carney, Women and monarchy in Macedonia, p. 236-237.
- ^ Willis, Gray. Splendors of the Dead, The New York Review of Books, December 10, 2015
- ^ Meda Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Sources
- Women and monarchy in Macedonia by Elizabeth Donnelly Carney, p. 68; p. 236-237 (ISBN 0806132124)
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