Seuthes

Family: Odrysian · Role: nephew and officer · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 6

In Book 2, Perdiccas secretly won Seuthes over by promising him his sister Stratonice in marriage with a rich dowry. During Sitalces’s unsuccessful invasion, Seuthes, his nephew and highest officer, advised him to retreat; after the campaign, Perdiccas gave Stratonice to Seuthes as promised.

In Book 4, after Sitalces was killed in battle against the Triballi, Seuthes, son of Sparadocus, succeeded him as king of the Odrysians and the rest of Thrace ruled by Sitalces.

Relationship record

Life events

• Perdiccas secretly won Seuthes over by promising him Stratonice in marriage with a rich dowry.(Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 6)
  • With: Perdiccas Stratonice
  • “This Seuthes had been secretly gained by Perdiccas by the promise of his sister in marriage with a rich dowry.”
• Sitalces followed Seuthes’s advice and retreated home from his unsuccessful invasion.(Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 6 · 📍 Chalcidice)
  • With: Sitalces
  • “he listened to the advice of Seuthes, son of Spardacus, his nephew and highest officer, and decided to retreat without delay.”
• Perdiccas gave Stratonice in marriage to Seuthes as promised.(Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 6)
  • With: Perdiccas Stratonice
  • “Perdiccas afterwards gave his sister Stratonice to Seuthes as he had promised.”
• Sitalces was killed in battle against the Triballi, and Seuthes succeeded him as king.(Book 4 · Chapter 14 · Part 4)
  • With: Sitalces Sparadocus
  • “About the same time with the affair of Delium took place the death of Sitalces, king of the Odrysians, who was defeated in battle, in a campaign against the Triballi; Seuthes, son of Sparadocus, his nephew, succeeding to the kingdom of the Odrysians, and of the rest of Thrace ruled by Sitalces.”

Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 6

• parent: Spardacus “This Seuthes had been secretly gained by Perdiccas by the promise of his sister in marriage with a rich dowry.”
• elder kin: Sitalces (The chapter identifies Seuthes as Sitalces's nephew in the preceding sentence.) “This Seuthes had been secretly gained by Perdiccas by the promise of his sister in marriage with a rich dowry.”
• married with Stratonice (The preceding sentence specifies that the promise was of marriage.) “In accordance with this advice, and after a stay of thirty days in all, eight of which were spent in Chalcidice, he retired home as quickly as he could; and Perdiccas afterwards gave his sister Stratonice to Seuthes as he had promised.”

Book 4 · Chapter 14 · Part 4

• parent: Sparadocus “Seuthes, son of Sparadocus, his nephew, succeeding to the kingdom of the Odrysians, and of the rest of Thrace ruled by Sitalces.”
• elder kin: Sitalces “Seuthes, son of Sparadocus, his nephew, succeeding to the kingdom of the Odrysians, and of the rest of Thrace ruled by Sitalces.”

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Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.