Nikesipolis from Pherai
Nikesipolis ( Greek Νικησίπολις ) was a wife of King Philip II of Macedonia and mother of Thessalonike († 295 BC).
Nikesipolis came from Pherai in Thessaly and was believed to be a member of the family of the tyrant Jason . The date of her marriage to Philip II is unknown, but the name of her daughter indicates a military victory for Philip II in Thessaly, after which the marriage may have been concluded as a result of a peace treaty. The historical scholarship therefore suspects the marriage between the years 350 and 345 BC. And because Philip II was already married to Olympias at that time , Nikesipolis could have been the "Thessalian woman" called by Plutarch , who aroused the jealousy of Olympias.
swell
- Satyros of Kallatis , FGrH 161 F5 = Athenaios 13, 557b-c.
- Plutarch , Moralia 141b = Coniugalia praecepta 23.
literature
- Waldemar Heckel : Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's empire . Blackwell, Oxford 2006, ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9 , p. 179.
- Adrian Tronson: Satyrus the Peripatetic and the Marriages of Philip II. In: Journal of Hellenic Studies. Vol. 104, 1984, pp. 116-126.
- Elizabeth Carney: The Sisters of Alexander the Great: Royal Relicts. In: Historia . Vol. 37, 1988, pp. 385-404.
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| SURNAME | Nikesipolis from Pherai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | by marriage Queen of Macedonia, mother of Thessalonike |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th century BC Chr. |