Aeropus II of Macedon

Aeropus II (Ancient Greek: Ἀέροπος, romanized: Aéropos), son of Perdiccas II, was king of Macedonia from 398/7 until his death from illness in July or August of 394/3 BC.[2][3] He first governed as guardian (epitropos)[lower-alpha 1] for his young nephew Orestes when Archelaus died in 400/399 BC. However, Diodorus reports that Aeropus murdered Orestes three years later, but it is also possible that he had simply won the support of the Macedonian nobility.[5][6] Aeropus had a son named Pausanias, but was succeeded instead by Amyntas II, son of his great-uncle Menelaus.[7]

Aeropus II
Silver stater of Aeropos II
King of Macedonia
Reign398/7 – July/August 394/3 BC[1]
PredecessorOrestes
SuccessorAmyntas II
Born?
DiedJuly/August 394/3 BC
Spouseunknown
IssuePausanias
DynastyArgead
FatherPerdiccas II
Motherunknown
ReligionAncient Greek religion

Two traditions relate how Aeropus was overawed by either the insolence[8][9] or the stratagems[10] of the Lacedaemonian king Agesilaus, allowing his armies free passage through Macedonia after their campaign in Asia.

There is a minority view among scholars that Aeropus was a Lyncestian prince, rather than an Argead, who married into the dynasty, therefore enabling him later to become regent for Orestes.[11] However, the majority of historians believe Aeropus to have been Perdiccas' son and thus a member of the dynasty.[2][7][12][13]

References

Notes
  1. Generally meaning a guardian or trustee in Ancient Greek, rather than regent. This word appears frequently in the works of Diodorous, Aristotle, and other Greek writers.[4]

Citations
  1. March, Duane (1995). "The Kings of Makedon: 399-369 B.C". Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte: 280.
  2. Roisman, Joseph (2010). "Classical Macedonia to Perdiccas III". In Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian (eds.). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 158.
  3. Diodorus Siculus. "Library". Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes. Vol. 4–8. Translated by Oldfather, C.H. Harvard University Press, 14.84.
  4. Anson, Edward (2009). "Philip II, Amyntas Perdicca, and Macedonian Royal Succession". Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte. 58 (3): 276–286. doi:10.25162/historia-2009-0015. ISSN 0018-2311. JSTOR 25598471. S2CID 160414677.: 280 
  5. "Diodorus Siculus, Library, Book XIV, Chapter 37". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  6. Errington, R. Malcolm (1990). A History of Macedonia. University of California Press. p. 28.
  7. Hammond, N.G.L. (1979). A History of Macedonia Volume II: 550-336 B.C. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 170.
  8. Farr, Edward (1850), History of the Macedonians, pp. 43-44
  9. Plutarch, "Life of Agesilaus", Parallel lives, 16.2. Repeated in Plutarch, "Apophthegmata laconica", Moralia, 43. Plutarch does not name Aeropus.
  10. Polyaenus, Strategemata, 2.1.17
  11. Fox, Robin Lane (2011). "399–369 BC". In Fox, Robin Lane (ed.). Brill’s Companion to Ancient Macedon: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Macedon, 650 BC–300 AD. Boston: Brill. pp. 217–218.
  12. Borza, Eugene (1990). In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-691-05549-1
  13. Carney, Elizabeth (2000). Women and Monarchy in Macedonia. University of Oklahoma Press, p.250. ISBN 0-8061-3212-4
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