The II of Elimiotis

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Derdas II ( Greek  Δέρδας ) was a prince of the Upper Macedonian landscape of Elimiotis in the early 4th century BC. He was probably a son of Sirras , brother of Eurydice and thus a brother-in-law of the Macedonian king Amyntas III.

That was probably around the year 410/409 BC. Born in BC; in any case, he was in 393 BC. He was still a young man when he murdered King Amyntas II , who had made fun of his young age. It is possible that he was a grandson of King Archelaos I on his mother's side , since his father had married a daughter of this king around the same time he was born. In 382 BC He supported Sparta with 400 mounted soldiers in the first Olynthian war . He pursued the Olynthian cavalry of Apollonia from ninety stadiums and inflicted heavy losses on them.

To what extent the Elimiotis was already under the influence of the Macedonian kingdom at the time of Prince Derdas II is difficult to determine. However, already King Amyntas III. (392–370 BC) settled a border dispute between the Elimiotis and the neighboring Thessalian Polis Doliche by means of a word of power, which Roman jurisprudence could still refer to several centuries later. In any case, this should be due to a certain vassalage of Elimiotis towards the kingship as early as the time of Amyntas III. indicate. The marriage of Phila of Elimiotis , probably a daughter of Derdas II, with King Philip II is characteristic of this.

The following three siblings are assigned to Derdas II as children:

  • The III. ;
  • Phila, wife of King Philip II of Macedon;
  • Machatas, probably the father of:
    • Alexander's treasurer in Babylon, Harpalus († 323 BC)
    • Alexander's governor in India, Philip († 326/5 BC)
    • Alexander's officer in India, Tauron († after 326 BC)

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Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Aristotle , Politics 5, 10.
  2. ↑ Xenophon , Helleniká 5, 2, 38–40. This is called here with the title "Archon of Elimias" ( Ἐλιμίας ἄρχοντα ).
  3. ↑ Xenophon, Helleniká 5, 3, 1–2.
  4. ↑ A judge appointed by Emperor Trajan confirmed that of Amyntas III in 101. Judgment passed, which the citizens of Doliche had written down on a marble slab, which was rediscovered near Elassona in 1911 . See AJB Wace and MS Thompson: A Latin Inscription from Perrhaebia , In: Annual of the British School at Athens Vol. 17 (1910/11), pp. 193-204.
  5. ↑ Arthur Rosenberg: Amyntas, the father of Philip II. In: Hermes Vol. 51 (1916), pp. 499-509.
  6. ↑ a b c Athenaios 13, 557c.
personal data
SURNAME The II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Δέρδας
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Elimiotis
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 4th century BC Chr.