Nikaia (daughter of Antipater)

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Nikaia ( Greek Νίκαια ; † before 302 BC) was a daughter of the Macedonian regent Antipater and married successively to the Diadochi Perdiccas († 320 BC) and Lysimachus († 281 BC).

Under the guidance of her brother Iolaos , Nikaia was born in 321 BC. Brought to Asia Minor, where she was to marry Perdiccas, the regent of the Alexander Empire. This marriage project was requested by Perdiccas himself, as he wanted to get on good terms with Antipater, who had been the governor of Macedonia. But at the same time, Alexander the Great's sister , Princess Cleopatra , also appeared in Asia Minor , who in turn offered herself to the regent for marriage. His follower Eumenes immediately favored this alternative, but Perdiccas' brother Alketas advised him to marry Nikaia. Ultimately, Perdiccas decided in favor of the “royal bride” and rejected Nikaia for it, which contributed to the break between him and Antipater and thus to the outbreak of the first Diadoch war.

After that, Nikaia is no longer directly reported, but Strabo still documents her marriage to Lysimachus, the ruler of Thrace . It was probably given to him by her father before his death in the autumn of 319 BC. Given to his wife, he and her brother Kassander were closest allies in the fight against Antigonus Monophthalmos . Nikaia is believed to have existed before 302 BC. He died because Lysimachus married Amastris as the second wife in that year . He remembered her, however, through the re-establishment of the after the battle of Ipsos in 301 BC. BC conquered Antigoneia in Bithynia on Lake Askanios , which he renamed after their name (today the Turkish İznik ).

Her children from her marriage to Lysimachus were:

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  • Arrian , Tà metà Aléxandron FGrHist 156 F9 §21 and 26
  • Diodor , Bibliothéke historiké 18, 23, 1–3
  • Strabon , Geographika 12, 4, 7
personal data
SURNAME Nikaia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nίκαια
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Daughter of Antipater, fiancee of Perdiccas and wife of Lysimachus
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH before 302 BC Chr.