Ptolemy of Aloros
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Ptolemy of Aloros
(Greek
: ), was sent by King Amyntas III of Macedon
as an envoy to Athens c. 375-373 BC. After Amyntas' death, he began a liaison with his widow, Eurydice. In 368, he assassinated her son, his predecessor Alexander II
in order to gain control of the throne. This caused a stir in the families of Macedon, which called in Pelopidas
to reestablish peace. As part of the peace settlement, Philip
, Alexander II's brother, was taken as hostage to Thebes
.
Ptolemy ruled as a regent for Perdiccas III
until Perdiccas killed him in 365 BC.
It is suggested that Ptolemy was descended from Amyntas
brother of Menelaus, son of Alexander I
.
Aloros
Aloros was a town of Bottiaea, Macedonia on the Thermaic Gulf, at the mouth of Haliacmon river near modern Kapsochori. The birthplace of Ptolemy the regent and Pantauchus the general of Alexander the Great. Not to be confused with the modern city Aloros in Pella Prefecture.- Demographics :...
(Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
: ), was sent by King 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....
as an envoy to Athens c. 375-373 BC. After Amyntas' death, he began a liaison with his widow, Eurydice. In 368, he assassinated her son, his predecessor Alexander II
Alexander II of Macedon
Alexander II was king of Macedon from 371 – 369 BC, following the death of his father Amyntas VI. He was the eldest of the three sons of Amyntas and Eurydice....
in order to gain control of the throne. This caused a stir in the families of Macedon, which called in Pelopidas
Pelopidas
Pelopidas was an important Theban statesman and general in Greece.-Athlete and warrior:He was a member of a distinguished family, and possessed great wealth which he expended on his friends, while content to lead the life of an athlete...
to reestablish peace. As part of the peace settlement, Philip
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:...
, Alexander II's brother, was taken as hostage to Thebes
Ancient Thebes (Boeotia)
See Thebes, Greece for the modern city built on the ancient ruins.Ancient Thebes was a Boeotian city-state , situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain...
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Ptolemy ruled as a regent for Perdiccas III
Perdiccas III of Macedon
Perdiccas III was king of Macedonia from 368 to 359 BC, succeeding his brother Alexander II.Son of Amyntas III and Eurydice, he was underage when Alexander II was killed by Ptolemy of Aloros, who then ruled as regent. In 365, Perdiccas killed Ptolemy and assumed government.Of the reign of...
until Perdiccas killed him in 365 BC.
It is suggested that Ptolemy was descended from Amyntas
Amyntas II of Macedon
Amyntas II or Amyntas the Little, king of Macedon, was son of Philip or Menelaus, brother of Perdiccas II. He succeeded his father in his appanage in Upper Macedonia, of which Perdiccas seems to have wished to deprive him, as he had before endeavoured to wrest it from Philip, but had been...
brother of Menelaus, son of Alexander I
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...
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