Philip

Family: Macedonian · Role: pretender to the throne · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 5

Philip was Perdiccas’s brother, and Athens allied with Philip and Derdas against him, turning Perdiccas from an old friend and ally into an enemy. Later, Philip’s son Amyntas was brought along by someone who “destined for the throne of Macedonia.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Perdiccas became an enemy of Athens after Athens allied with Philip and Derdas against him.(Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 5)
  • With: Perdiccas Derdas
  • “Not only was Corinth at length openly hostile, but Perdiccas, son of Alexander, king of the Macedonians, had from an old friend and ally been made an enemy. He had been made an enemy by the Athenians entering into alliance with his brother Philip and Derdas, who were in league against him.”

Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 5

• siblings with Perdiccas “He had been made an enemy by the Athenians entering into alliance with his brother Philip and Derdas, who were in league against him.”
• enemies with Perdiccas “He had been made an enemy by the Athenians entering into alliance with his brother Philip and Derdas, who were in league against him.”
• with Perdiccas (Philip was allied with Perdiccas's opponents.) “He had been made an enemy by the Athenians entering into alliance with his brother Philip and Derdas, who were in league against him.”

Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 5

• child: Amyntas “With him he brought Amyntas, the son of Philip, whom he destined for the throne of Macedonia”
• siblings with Perdiccas “his brother and enemy, the pretender Philip”
• enemies with Perdiccas “his brother and enemy, the pretender Philip”

Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 6

• child: Amyntas “these last coming over for love of Philip’s son, Amyntas, then with Sitalces.”

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