Alexander of Megalopolis

Megalopolis, Greece

Megalópoli is a town in the western part of the peripheral unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis . "Megalopolis" is a Greek word for Great city. When it was founded, in 371 BC, it was the first urbanization in rustic and primitive Arcadia. In...

was originally a Macedon

Macedon

Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south....

ian, but he received the franchise and was settled at Arcadian Megalopolis about 190 BC. He pretended to be a descendant of Alexander the Great, and accordingly he called his two sons Philip and Alexander. His daughter Apama

Apama (disambiguation)

-Nature:* Apama, a synonym of the flowering plant genus Thottea* Sepia apama, a species of the Australian Giant Cuttlefish* For the tree in South America, see Tabebuia rosea* The Food plant Apama tomentosa, see Atrophaneura coon-People:...

 was married to Amynander king of Athamanians

Athamanians

Athamanians or Athamanes were an ancient tribe that inhabited south-eastern Epirus and west Thessaly. Although regarded as "barbarians" by Strabo and Hecataeus of Miletus, the Athamanians self-identified as Greeks. The existence of myths about Athamas and Ino in Achaean Phthiotis suggests that the...

. Her eldest brother Philip

Philip of Megalopolis

Philip was son of Alexander of Megalopolis.His father's pretended descent from Alexander the Great appears to have filled him with the most puerile schemes of ambition...

, followed her to her court, and being of vain character, he allowed himself to be tempted with the prospect of gaining possession to the throne of Macedonia.