Aeropus II of Macedon ( grc, Ἀέροπος, Aéropos), king of

Macedon Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by ...

ia, son of

Perdiccas II Perdiccas II ( gr, Περδίκκας, Perdíkkas) was a king of Macedonia from c. 448 BC to c. 413 BC. During the Peloponnesian War, he frequently switched sides between Sparta and Athens. Family Perdiccas II was the son of Alexander I, he had ...

, was guardian during the minority of his nephew

Orestes In Greek mythology, Orestes or Orestis (; grc-gre, Ὀρέστης ) was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, and the brother of Electra. He is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and of various myths connected with his madness and ...

, with whom he reigned for some years after 399 BC. The first four years of this time he reigned jointly with Orestes, whom he murdered, and the remainder alone. After his death by illness, he was eventually succeeded by his son

Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to: *Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium'' *Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC *Pausanias of Sicily, physician of th ...

., citing

Theopompus Theopompus ( grc-gre, Θεόπομπος, ''Theópompos''; c. 380 BCc. 315 BC) was an ancient Greek historian and rhetorician. Biography Theopompus was born on the Aegean island of Chios. In early youth, he seems to have spent some time at Athen ...

, who wrote within 85 years of these events. An alternative historiographic tradition records that

Archelaus II of Macedon Archelaus II ( grc, Ἀρχέλαος, Archélaos) succeeded his uncle Aeropus II and reigned one year. Although according to the ''Chronicon'' he reigned four years. He died while out hunting, either by accident or assassination. He was brother ...

, perhaps the brother of Orestes, succeeded Aeropus for one year before Pausanias deposed him., writing 700 years afterwards. In the surviving Armenian translation, Eusebius's commentary states that the Pausanias succession tradition is not as reputable as the Archelaus II succession tradition, and his historical tables reflect this. However, Eusebius remains through the Armenian and

Jerome Jerome (; la, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was a Christian presbyter, priest, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, th ...

's Latin translations the sole witness of the Archelaus II tradition in antiquity, remote as he is from the events described. Later Byzantine and Latin chroniclers follow his historical tables.

Dexippus Publius Herennius Dexippus ( el, Δέξιππος; c. 210–273 AD), Greek historian, statesman and general, was an hereditary priest of the Eleusinian family of the Kerykes, and held the offices of ''archon basileus'' and ''eponymous'' in Athen ...

, ''ap.

George Syncellus George Syncellus ( el, Γεώργιος Σύγκελλος, ''Georgios Synkellos''; died after 810) was a Byzantine chronicler and ecclesiastic. He had lived many years in Palestine (probably in the Old Lavra of Saint Chariton or Souka, near Tekoa) ...

'' p. 263, a. Two traditions relate how Aeropus was overawed by either the insolence. Repeated in . Plutarch does not name Aeropus. or the stratagems of the Lacedaemonian king

Agesilaus Agesilaus II (; grc-gre, Ἀγησίλαος ; c. 442 – 358 BC) was king of Sparta from c. 399 to 358 BC. Generally considered the most important king in the history of Sparta, Agesilaus was the main actor during the period of Spartan hegemony ...

, allowing his armies free passage through Macedonia after their campaign in Asia.

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