(Περδίκκας; Perdíkkas).
[1] Founder of the Macedonian kingdom
According to Herodotus (8,137-139), P. was the 7th-cent. BC founder of the Macedonian royal house and the Macedonian kingdom, whose beginnings lay in the region of the subsequent royal seat of Aegae [1].
Bibliography
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