Menelaus (son of Amyntas III)
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For other uses, see Menelaus of Macedon
Menelaus was son of Amyntas III of Macedon
by his second wife Gygaea
. According to Justin
, he was put to death by his stepbrother Philip II
in 347 BC
after the capture of Olynthus
. (Justin, viii, 3).
Menelaus was son 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....
by his second wife Gygaea
Gygaea of Macedon
For other uses, see Gygaea 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...
. According to Justin
Justin
Justin is a given name. It may refer to:People* Justin , a common given name* Justin , 3rd century Roman historian* Justin I , or Flavius Iustinius Augustus, an Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 518 to 527...
, he 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...
after the capture of Olynthus
Olynthus
Olynthus was an ancient city of Chalcidice, built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the head of the Gulf of Torone, near the neck of the peninsula of Pallene, about 2.5 kilometers from the sea, and about 60 stadia Olynthus was an ancient city of...
. (Justin, viii, 3).