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Phila (Greek: Φίλα; died 287 BC), daughter of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia, is celebrated by the ancient sources as one of the noblest and most virtuous women of the age in which she lived. Her abilities and judgment were so conspicuous even at an early age, that her father, Antipater, often consulted her in regard to political affairs.
Antipater is known to have had a long-standing friendship with the Athenian statesman Phocion; it may originate from this visit or earlier interactions. [20] Antipater started as a great friend to both the young Alexander and the boy's mother, Olympias, and aided Alexander in the struggle to secure his succession after Philip's death, in 336 BC ...
Nicaea (Greek: Nίκαια, c. 335 – c. 302 BC [citation needed]) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and was a daughter of the powerful regent Antipater. [1] Her mother's name is unknown. She was born and raised in Macedonia while her father was governor of Macedonia during the reign of Greek King Alexander the Great.
Eurydice (ca. 330–post 279 BCE) is thought to be the youngest [1] of Antipater's known daughters. Her wedding date and repudiation date are a topic of debate as is the repudiation itself. [ 1 ] Scholars have narrowed down the date between 322 and 319 BCE with van Oppen [ 1 ] arguing for 319 BCE citing Antipater's rise in position from the ...
Phasaelis was born to the king of the Nabataeans, Aretas IV Philopatris. [3] The sequence in which the king's offspring is listed on an inscription found at the Obodas Chapel of Wadi Nmeir in Petra indicates that Phasaelis was the couple's fourth child, but the eldest of their daughters. [2]
Mariamne III was a daughter of Aristobulus IV and Berenice.. She had three brothers, Herod of Chalcis, Herod Agrippa I, and Aristobulus V, and one sister, Herodias. Some time after the death of her father in 7 BCE, Mariamne III was betrothed to Antipater II, her uncle and the eldest son of Herod the Great.
Mariamne I (d. 29 BCE), also called Mariamne the Hasmonean, was a Hasmonean princess and the second wife of Herod the Great.Her parents, Alexandra Maccabeus and Alexander of Judaea, were cousins who both descended from Alexander Jannaeus.
She was the first daughter and second child born to the diadochus who was King of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia, Lysimachus from his first wife the Queen consort, Nicaea of Macedon. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Eurydice had one older brother called Agathocles and a younger sister called Arsinoe .