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Thessalonike
Θεσσαλονίκη
Inscription reading "To Queen Thessalonike, (Daughter) of Philip", Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Born353/2 or 346/5 BC
Died295 BCE
SpouseCassander
Children
  • Philip IV of Macedon
  • Antipater I of Macedon
  • Alexander V of Macedon
Parents
  • Philip II (father)
  • Nicesipolis (mother)
Relatives
  • Alexander the Great (half-brother)
  • Thessalonike (half-sister)
  • Cynane (half-sister)
  • Philip III of Macedon (half-brother)

Thessalonike (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη; 353/2 or 346/5 BC – 295 BC) was a Macedonian Greek princess, the daughter of King Philip II of Macedon by his Thessalian wife or concubine, Nicesipolis.[1][2][3] History links her to three of the most powerful men in Macedon—daughter of King Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great and wife of Cassander.

  1. ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. pp. viii 7.7 – via perseus.tufts.edu.
  2. ^ Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. p. xiii.
  3. ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. pp. ix. 7.3 – via perseus.tufts.edu.

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