For other uses of this name see, Apama (disambiguation)

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:...

Apama III, sometimes known as Apame III was a Greek

Greeks

The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

 Princess from the Antigonid dynasty

Antigonid dynasty

The Antigonid dynasty was a dynasty of Hellenistic kings descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus .-History:...

.

Apama was of Greek Macedonian

Macedonia (Greece)

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 and Persian descent

Persian people

The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...

. She was the child born to the King Demetrius II Aetolicus and Queen Stratonice of Macedon . Her paternal grandparents were the Antigonid Monarchs Antigonus II Gonatas

Antigonus II Gonatas

Antigonus II Gonatas was a powerful ruler who firmly established the Antigonid dynasty in Macedonia and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had invaded the Balkans.-Birth and family:...

 and Phila

Phila (daughter of Seleucus)

For other persons named Phila, see Phila.Phila a daughter of Seleucus I Nicator and Stratonice. She became the wife of Antigonus II Gonatas and was mother of Demetrius II Aetolicus.-References:...

, while her maternal grandparents were the Seleucid Monarchs

Seleucid Empire

The Seleucid Empire was a Greek-Macedonian state that was created out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great. At the height of its power, it included central Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, today's Turkmenistan, Pamir and parts of Pakistan.The Seleucid Empire was a major centre...

 Antiochus I Soter

Antiochus I Soter

Antiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC....

 and Stratonice of Syria

Stratonice of Syria

For other persons with the same name, see StratoniceStratonice of Syria was the daughter of king Demetrius Poliorcetes and Phila, the daughter of Antipater...

. From her father’s second marriage, she had a younger paternal half-brother called Philip V of Macedon

Philip V of Macedon

Philip V was King of Macedon from 221 BC to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of Rome. Philip was attractive and charismatic as a young man...

 who would eventually succeed as king. Apama was the namesake of her maternal aunt Apama II

Apama II

For other uses of this name see, Apama Apama II , sometimes known as Apame II was a Syrian Greek Princess of the Seleucid Empire and through marriage was a Queen of Cyrenaica.Apama II was of Greek Macedonian and Persian descent...

, who was the wife of King Magas of Cyrene

Magas of Cyrene

Magas of Cyrene was a Greek Macedonian nobleman. Through his mother’s second marriage he was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He became King of Cyrenaica and he managed to wrestle independence for Cyrenaica from the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty of Ancient Egypt.-Family Background & Early Life:Magas...

 and mother of the Ptolemaic Queen

Ptolemaic dynasty

The Ptolemaic dynasty, was a Macedonian Greek royal family which ruled the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. Their rule lasted for 275 years, from 305 BC to 30 BC...

 Berenice II

Berenice II

Berenice II was the daughter of Magas of Cyrene and Queen Apama II, and the wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt....

. Apama was born and raised in Macedonia.

Her father formed an alliance with the Greek King of Anatolia

Anatolia

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 Prusias I of Bithynia

Prusias I of Bithynia

Prusias I Cholus was a king of Bithynia...

. Apama later married Prusias I and through her marriage, became Queen of Bithynia

Bithynia

Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine .-Description:...

. Apama bore Prusias I, a son and his successor called Prusias II of Bithynia

Prusias II of Bithynia

Prusias II Cynegus was the king of Bithynia. He was the son and successor of Prusias I and Apama III....

, sometimes known as Prusias II Cynegus, Cynegus means the Hunter, and a daughter, born c. 223 BC, who was the first wife of her half-brother Philip V.

Her husband was also an ally to her half-brother, Philip V. After Philip V, took the port city of Prusa, her husband rebuilt the city around 202 BC and renamed the city Apamea Myrlea

Apamea Myrlea

Apamea Myrlea, or Apamea Myrleon, was an ancient city on the Sea of Marmara, in Bithynia, Anatolia; the ruins are now found a few kilometers south of Mudanya, Bursa Province in the Asian part of Turkey.-Names:...

, which still bears her name. Her daughter-in-law was her maternal granddaughter, half-niece and namesake Apame IV

Apame IV

For other uses of this name see, Apama Apame IV, sometimes known as Apama IV was a Macedonian princess from the Antigonid dynasty. Her father was Philip V, King from 221 BC to 179 BC, her mother was his first wife the daughter of Prusias I Cholus and Apama III, and her half-brother was Perseus,...

. Apame IV was one of the daughters of her half-brother, the only born from his first marriage to her daughter, and later married her son.