Gygaea of Macedon
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For other uses, see Gygaea (disambiguation)
Gygaea was a daughter of Amyntas I
and sister of Alexander I of Macedon
. She was given away in marriage by her brother to Persian Bubares, in order to hush up the inquiry which the latter had been sent by Darius Hystaspes to look into the fate of the Persian envoys, whom Alexander had caused to be murdered. Herodotus also mentions a son of Bubares and Gygaea, called Amyntas tyrant of the city Alabanda
in Phrygia
.
There is also another Gygaea, second wife of Amyntas III of Macedon
, whose son Menelaus was put to death by his stepbrother Philip II
in 347 BC
.
Gygaea was a daughter of Amyntas I
Amyntas I of Macedon
Amyntas I was a king of Macedon. He was a son of Alcetas I of Macedon and his queen. He married a woman called Eurydice and had a son Alexander....
and sister of Alexander I of Macedon
Alexander I of Macedon
- Biography :Alexander was the son of Amyntas I and Queen Eurydice.According to Herodotus, he was unfriendly to Persia, and had the envoys of Darius I killed when they arrived at the court of his father during the Ionian Revolt...
. She was given away in marriage by her brother to Persian Bubares, in order to hush up the inquiry which the latter had been sent by Darius Hystaspes to look into the fate of the Persian envoys, whom Alexander had caused to be murdered. Herodotus also mentions a son of Bubares and Gygaea, called Amyntas tyrant of the city Alabanda
Alabanda
Alabanda – also hê Alabanda, ta Alabanda, Alabandeus, Alabandensis, Alabandenus, and for a time, Antiochia of the Chrysaorians – was an ancient city of Caria, Anatolia, the site of which is now located near Doğanyurt , Aydin Province, in the Asian part of Turkey.The city is located in...
in Phrygia
Phrygia
In antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey. The Phrygians initially lived in the southern Balkans; according to Herodotus, under the name of Bryges , changing it to Phruges after their final migration to Anatolia, via the...
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There is also another Gygaea, second wife of Amyntas III of Macedon
Amyntas III of Macedon
Amyntas III son of Arrhidaeus and father of Philip II, was king of Macedon in 393 BC, and again from 392 to 370 BC. He was also a paternal grandfather of Alexander the Great....
, whose son Menelaus was put to death by his stepbrother Philip II
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon "friend" + ἵππος "horse" — transliterated ; 382 – 336 BC), was a king of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. He was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III.-Biography:...
in 347 BC
347 BC
Year 347 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Venno and Torquatus...
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