Heracles of Macedon information

Heracles of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς; c. 327 – 309 BC) was a reputed illegitimate son of Alexander the Great of Macedon by Barsine, daughter of...

times, was the son of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) and Princess Roxana of Bactria. Alexander IV was the son of Alexander the Great...

Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the...

Philip II of Macedon (Greek: Φίλιππος Philippos; 382 BC – 21 October 336 BC) was the king (basileus) of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until...

parentage of Heracles. Twelve years after Alexander's death in 323, Nearchus, who was Barsine's son-in-law, unsuccessfully advocated for Heracles' claim...

Phaleron. After the 4th century BCE, Heracles became identified with the Phoenician God Melqart Oitaeans worshiped Heracles and called him Cornopion (Κορνοπίων)...

son, Heracles of Macedon. Pharnaces I (Elamite: Parnaka; c. 550–497 BC) Artabazus I (fl. 480–455 BCE) Pharnabazus I (fl. 455–430 BCE) Pharnaces II of Phrygia...

which ruled the kingdom of Macedon during the Hellenistic period. Founded by Antigonus I Monophthalmus, a general and successor of Alexander the Great, the...

ancient Macedonian royal house of Dorian Greek provenance. They were the founders and the ruling dynasty of the kingdom of Macedon from about 700 to 310 BC...

from Heracles, such as the Agiads and Eurypontids of Sparta, or the Temenids of Macedonia. Heracles, whom Zeus had originally intended to be ruler of Argos...

Glaucias of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Γλαυκίας) was an officer of the Companion cavalry at the Battle of Gaugamela. He may be the Glaucias who, on Cassander's...

era of the kingdom's vassalage to Achaemenid Persia, dating back to the time of his father, Amyntas I, although Macedon retained a broad scope of autonomy...

King of Sparta Heracles, illegitimate son of Alexander the Great and claimant to the throne of Macedon (b. 327 BC) Ptolemy (general) general of Antigonus...

413–399 BC), king of Macedon Archelaus (son of Amyntas III) (d. 359 BC), half-brother of Philip II of Macedonia Archelaus (son of Androcles) (fl. 321...

of the Argead dynasty. According to a Greek myth, Caranus was the son of Temenus, king of Argos, who in turn was a Heraclid, a descendant of Heracles...

his father, Antipater, most likely to help uphold Antipater's regency in Macedon, although a later contemporary who was hostile to the Antipatrids suggested...

History) Heracles to Alexander The Great: Treasures From The Royal Capital of Macedon, A Hellenic Kingdom in the Age of Democracy, Ashmolean Museum of Art...

Macedonians" Heracles to Alexander The Great: Treasures From The Royal Capital of Macedon, A Hellenic Kingdom in the Age of Democracy (Ashmolean Museum of Art...

Arsinoe was a descendant of Alexander I of Macedon and thus a member of the Argead dynasty, claiming ultimate descent from Heracles. Ostensibly, Ptolemy's...

June 10, 323 BC, leaving behind an empire that stretched from Macedon and the rest of Greece in Europe to the Indus valley in South Asia. The empire...

became Alexander's mistress and allegedly bore him a son, Heracles. After Alexander's death, Heracles contended for the throne with Nearchus' initial support...

Lucania, Lucanian district of southern Italy Heraclea Lyncestis, a town founded by Philip II of Macedon near the modern town of Bitola, North Macedonia Heraclea...

Poshtme, a part of Macedon at the time under Philip V of Macedon). The Odrysian Kingdom was a union of Thracian tribes under the kings of the powerful Odrysian...

sources as the most powerful king of Scythia, who lost his life and empire in the conflict with Philip II of Macedon in 339 BC. His name also occurs as...

married Arsinoe of the Argead dynasty and a concubine of Philip II, king of Macedon, who was said to have been pregnant at the time of their marriage,...

Kingdom of Macedonia and its allies against the Aetolian League, Achaean League, and the city-state of Sparta. During the reign of Philip V of Macedon (r....