Aeropus II | |
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King of Macedonia | |
Reign | 398/7 – July/August 394/3 BC [1] |
Predecessor | Orestes |
Successor | Amyntas II |
Born | ? |
Died | July/August 394/3 BC |
Spouse | unknown |
Issue | Pausanias |
Dynasty | Argead |
Father | Perdiccas II |
Mother | unknown |
Religion | Ancient Greek religion |
Aeropus II ( Ancient Greek: Ἀέροπος, romanized: Aéropos), son of Perdiccas II, was king of Macedonia from 398/7 until his death from illness in July or August of 394/3 BC. [2] [3] He first governed as guardian (epitropos) [a] for his young nephew Orestes when Archelaus died in 400/399 BC. However, Diodorus reports that Aeropus murdered Orestes three years later, but it is also possible that he had simply won the support of the Macedonian nobility. [5] [6] As king, he took the name Archelaus. [1] Aeropus had a son named Pausanias, but was succeeded instead by Amyntas II, son of his great-uncle Menelaus. [7]
Two traditions relate how Aeropus was overawed by either the insolence [8] [9] or the stratagems [10] of the Lacedaemonian king Agesilaus, allowing his armies free passage through Macedonia after their campaign in Asia.
There is a minority view among scholars that Aeropus was a Lyncestian prince, rather than an Argead, who married into the dynasty, therefore enabling him later to become regent for Orestes. [11] However, the majority of historians believe Aeropus to have been Perdiccas' son and thus a member of the dynasty. [2] [7] [12] [13]
Aeropus II | |
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King of Macedonia | |
Reign | 398/7 – July/August 394/3 BC [1] |
Predecessor | Orestes |
Successor | Amyntas II |
Born | ? |
Died | July/August 394/3 BC |
Spouse | unknown |
Issue | Pausanias |
Dynasty | Argead |
Father | Perdiccas II |
Mother | unknown |
Religion | Ancient Greek religion |
Aeropus II ( Ancient Greek: Ἀέροπος, romanized: Aéropos), son of Perdiccas II, was king of Macedonia from 398/7 until his death from illness in July or August of 394/3 BC. [2] [3] He first governed as guardian (epitropos) [a] for his young nephew Orestes when Archelaus died in 400/399 BC. However, Diodorus reports that Aeropus murdered Orestes three years later, but it is also possible that he had simply won the support of the Macedonian nobility. [5] [6] As king, he took the name Archelaus. [1] Aeropus had a son named Pausanias, but was succeeded instead by Amyntas II, son of his great-uncle Menelaus. [7]
Two traditions relate how Aeropus was overawed by either the insolence [8] [9] or the stratagems [10] of the Lacedaemonian king Agesilaus, allowing his armies free passage through Macedonia after their campaign in Asia.
There is a minority view among scholars that Aeropus was a Lyncestian prince, rather than an Argead, who married into the dynasty, therefore enabling him later to become regent for Orestes. [11] However, the majority of historians believe Aeropus to have been Perdiccas' son and thus a member of the dynasty. [2] [7] [12] [13]