Phila (daughter of Antipater)
Phila | |
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Died | 287 BC |
Father | Antipater |
Phila (
Biography
According to
Her marriage to Demetrius may have been as early as 319 BC;[4] according to Diodorus it had already happened in 315, when the remains of her previous husband were consigned to her care by Ariston, the friend of Eumenes.[5] Despite the large difference in age, Phila appears to have had great influence over her youthful husband, who treated her with the utmost respect and consideration, and towards whom she had great affection in spite of his numerous amours and subsequent marriages. During the many vicissitudes of fortune which Demetrius experienced, Phila seems to have resided principally in Cyprus from whence she sent letters and costly presents to her husband during the siege of Rhodes.
After the
Marriages and children
- Her first husband was Balakros (ca. 332 BC)
- Her second husband was Craterus (322 BC), with whom she had a son:
- Her last marriage was to Demetrius I of Macedon with whom she had two children:
Legacy
Phila exerted her influence in the cause of peace, in protecting the oppressed, and in attempting to calm the violent passions of those who surrounded her. She left two children by Demetrius; Antigonus, surnamed Gonatas, who became king of Macedonia; and a daughter, Stratonice, married first to Seleucus I Nicator, and afterwards to his son Antiochus I Soter.[8] She also had a son by Craterus, who bore his father's name. The Athenians, in order to pay their court to Demetrius, consecrated a temple to Phila, under the name of Aphrodite.[9]
Notes
- ^ Photius, Bibliotheca, cod. 166
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xviii. 18
- ^ Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Demetrius", 14
- ^ Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Phila (2)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
- ^ Diodorus, xix. 59
- ^ Plutarch, 22, 32, 35, 37, 38, 45; Diodorus, xx. 93
- ^ "Craterus". Livius.org. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Plutarch, 31, 37, 53
- ^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, vi. 66
References
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Phila (2)", Boston, (1867)
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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External links
- Project Continua: Biography of Phila Project Continua is a web-based multimedia resource dedicated to the creation and preservation of women’s intellectual history from the earliest surviving evidence into the 21st Century.