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    Perdiccas

    historical figure · 8 works · 19 mentions · 39 anchored passages

    Perdiccas son of Alexander · Perdiccas, the son of Alexander · king of Macedonia · king of the Macedonians · that Perdiccas

    in the texts

    History of the Peloponnesian WarClassical · Greek

    King of the Macedonians; formerly an Athenian ally who turns against Athens and instigates the revolt of Potidaea, the Chalcidians, and the Bottiaeans.

    He became such, because the Athenians had made an alliance with his brother Philip and Derdas, when acting together against him.
    chapter 1
    and Perdiccas the son of Alexander, king of the Macedonians, had been made their enemy, though he was before an ally and a friend.
    chapter 1
    for he had broken terms again immediately with the Athenians, and was in alliance with the Potidaeans, having appointed Iolaus to represent him as commander.
    chapter 1

    On the EmbassyClassical · Greek

    Philip's brother, who as a child was protected by Athenian intervention and who, on becoming king, later fought Athens over Amphipolis before a truce was made.

    and then how Perdiccas, when he came to the throne, fought for Amphipolis against our city.
    on the embassy
    for I told how, when you had conquered Perdiccas in the war, under the generalship of Callisthenes, you made a truce with him, ever expecting to receive some just return.
    on the embassy
    When Iphicrates had come into this region—with a few ships at first, for the purpose of examining into the situation rather than of laying siege to the city— Then, said I, your mother Eurydice sent for him, and according to the testimony of all who were present, she put your brother Perdiccas into the arms of Iphicrates, and set you upon his knees—for you were a little boy—and said, Amyntas, the f …
    on the embassy

    Against AristocratesClassical · Greek

    Macedonian king during the Persian invasion whose service was rewarded without extraordinary personal protection.

    Or take Perdiccas, who was reigning in Macedonia at the time of the Persian invasion, and who destroyed the Persians on their retreat from Plataea, and made the defeat of the King irreparable.
    against aristocrates

    On OrganizationClassical · Greek

    Macedonian king credited with attacking retreating barbarians after Plataea and receiving tax immunity rather than citizenship.

    On an earlier occasion, when Perdiccas, who was king of Macedonia at the time of the Persian invasions, destroyed the barbarians who were retreating after their defeat at Plataea and so completed the discomfiture of the Great King, they did not vote him the citizenship, but only gave him immunity from taxes;
    on organization

    The HistoriesClassical · Greek

    Legendary founder of the Macedonian royal dynasty, youngest of three brothers exiled from Argos, whose acceptance of the king's mocking gift of sunlight secures Macedonia for his line.

    Perdiccas, who was the youngest, tended the lesser flocks.
    chapter 8
    Whenever she baked bread, the loaf of the thete Perdiccas grew double in size.
    chapter 8
    From that Perdiccas Alexander was descended, being the son of Amyntas, who was the son of Alcetes;
    chapter 8

    MeditationsImperial · Greek

    Macedonian ruler whose invitation Socrates reportedly refused.

    Socrates, on why he would not go to Perdiccas:
    book eleven

    RepublicClassical · Greek

    A powerful ruler listed among the candidates Socrates suggests for the saying's origin.

    Do you know, said I, to whom I think the saying belongs—this statement that it is just to benefit friends and harm enemies?
    chapter 1

    TheagesClassical · Greek

    Father of Archelaus, named only in the patronymic.

    Or again, do you not consider that Archelaus, son of Perdiccas, who governed recently in Macedonia, governed these same people?
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