Amadocus
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
the elder Amadocus
spoken of as
1 expressionAmadocus the Elder1 mention
To Philip (Greek)
while someone will have to make our own people see that, if we got possession of Amphipolis, we should be compelled to maintain the same friendly attitude toward your policy, because of our colonists there, as we did for the elder Amadocus because of our landholders in the Chersonese.
in the texts
Against Aristocrates
One of the three Thracian kings after Cotys, opposed by Cersobleptes.
On the demise of Cotys three persons instead of one became kings of Thrace—Berisades, Amadocus, and Cersobleptes;
On the death of Berisades, one of the three kings, Cersobleptes, in violation of a sworn treaty concluded with you, began to levy war upon the sons of Berisades and upon Amadocus;
and if Amadocus, who had control of the country, had not forbidden Philip to set foot there, there was nothing to prevent our being at war by this time with the Cardians and with Cersobleptes.
Politics
Thracian ruler attacked by his general Seuthes.
for instance Cyrus attacked Astyages when he despised both his mode of life and his power, because his power had waned and he himself was living luxuriously, and the Thracian Seuthes attacked Amadocus when his general.
To Philip
A ruler whose relationship with Athens is invoked as an analogy for Amphipolis settlers guaranteeing friendship.
while someone will have to make our own people see that, if we got possession of Amphipolis, we should be compelled to maintain the same friendly attitude toward your policy, because of our colonists there, as we did for the elder Amadocus because of our landholders in the Chersonese.