Amyntas
Family: Macedonian · Role: king · First appears: Book 5 · §12–19
Life events
- Megabazos sent envoys to Amyntas to demand earth and water for Dareios.(Book 5 · §12–19 · 📍 Macedonia)
- Amyntas agreed to give earth and water to Dareios.(Book 5 · §12–19 · 📍 Macedonia)
- With: Dareios
- “This he was willing to give, and also he invited them to be his guests; and he prepared a magnificent dinner and received the Persians with friendly hospitality.”
- Amyntas allowed the Persian envoys to sit beside the women after they demanded it.(Book 5 · §12–19 · 📍 Macedonia)
- “So Amyntas being compelled bade them sit by the side of the Persians; and when the women obeyed, forthwith the Persians, being much intoxicated, began to touch their breasts, and some no doubt also tried to kiss them.”
- After being dismissed, Hippias was offered Anthemus by Amyntas but did not accept it.(Book 5 · §93–94 · 📍 Anthemus)
- With: Hippias
- “Hippias being dismissed from thence had Anthemus offered to him by Amyntas king of the Macedonians”
- Alexander advised the Hellenes to leave the pass, and they followed his counsel.(Book 7 · §170–176 · 📍 Tempe)
- With: Alexander (son of Amyntas)
- “envoys came from Alexander the son of Amyntas the Macedonian, who advised them to depart thence and not to remain in the pass”
- After being left without allies, the Thessalians willingly sided with the Medes.(Book 7 · §170–176 · 📍 Thessaly)
- With: Alexander (son of Amyntas)
- “So the Thessalians, being stripped of allies, upon this took the side of the Medes with a good will and no longer half-heartedly”
Book 5 · §12–19
- child: Alexander (son of Amyntas) “but Alexander the son of Amyntas, who was present and saw this, being young and without experience of calamity was not able to endure any longer;”
Book 5 · §93–94
- with Hippias (Amyntas offered Hippias Anthemus.) “Thus was this brought to an end: and Hippias being dismissed from thence had Anthemus offered to him by Amyntas king of the Macedonians and Iolcos by the Thessalians.”
Book 7 · §170–176
- child: Alexander (son of Amyntas) (Amyntas is Alexander's father.) “for envoys came from Alexander the son of Amyntas the Macedonian, who advised them to depart thence”
Book 8 · §130–136
- with Alexander (son of Amyntas) (Amyntas is Alexander's father.) “Alexander the son of Amyntas, the Macedonian”
- child: Alexander (son of Amyntas) “Alexander the son of Amyntas”
- child: Gygaia “Gygaia the sister of Alexander and daughter of Amyntas”
Book 8 · §137–142
- child: Alexander (son of Amyntas) “Alexander was the son of Amyntas, Amyntas was the son of Alketes, the father of Alketes was Aëropos, of him Philip, of Philip Argaios, and of this last the father was Perdiccas, who first obtained the kingdom.”
- parent: Alketes “Alexander was the son of Amyntas, Amyntas was the son of Alketes, the father of Alketes was Aëropos, of him Philip, of Philip Argaios, and of this last the father was Perdiccas, who first obtained the kingdom.”
Book 9 · §38–45
- child: Alexander (son of Amyntas) “Alexander the son of Amyntas, commander and king of the Macedonians, rode his horse up to the guard-posts of the Athenians and requested that he might have speech with their generals”
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