Archedice
Role: daughter of Hippias · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 19 · Part 5
Hippias gave Archedice in marriage to Aeantides, son of the tyrant of Lampsacus, because they had great influence with Darius. Archedice was an Athenian, and an epitaph describes her as “daughter, wife, and sister to the throne,” adding that “Unto her bosom pride was never known.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Hippias gave his daughter Archedice in marriage to Aeantides.(Book 6 · Chapter 19 · Part 5 · 📍 Lampsacus)
Book 6 · Chapter 19 · Part 5
- parent: Hippias “Archedice lies buried in this earth, Hippias her sire, and Athens gave her birth; Unto her bosom pride was never known, Though daughter, wife, and sister to the throne.”
- married with Aeantides “Thus, although an Athenian, he gave his daughter, Archedice, to a Lampsacene, Aeantides, son of the tyrant of Lampsacus, seeing that they had great influence with Darius.”
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Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.