Alexander

Family: Macedonians · Role: king · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 5

Alexander, a Macedonian king, was identified as the father of Perdiccas in Book 1. In Book 2, at Macedonia, he and his ancestors acquired the coastal country later called Macedonia; the account describes them as originally Temenids from Argos.

Relationship record

Life events

• Alexander and his ancestors acquired the coastal country later called Macedonia.(Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 6 · 📍 Macedonia)
  • With: Perdiccas
  • “The country on the sea coast, now called Macedonia, was first acquired by Alexander, the father of Perdiccas, and his ancestors, originally Temenids from Argos.”

Book 1 · Chapter 2 · Part 5

• child: Perdiccas “Perdiccas, son of Alexander, king of the Macedonians”

Book 2 · Chapter 6 · Part 5

• child: Perdiccas “Thus Sitalces, son of Teres, King of the Thracians, and Perdiccas, son of Alexander, King of the Macedonians, became allies of Athens.”

Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 5

• child: Perdiccas “Perdiccas, son of Alexander, king of Macedonia”

Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 6

• child: Perdiccas “The country on the sea coast, now called Macedonia, was first acquired by Alexander, the father of Perdiccas, and his ancestors, originally Temenids from Argos.”

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