4-459: Argaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀργαῖος , "shining, white") can refer to: People [ edit ] Argaeus I of Macedon Argaeus II of Macedon Places [ edit ] Mount Erciyes , called "Argaeus" in ancient times Mons Argaeus , a massif on the Moon See also [ edit ] Argeus (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
8-478: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Argaeus I of Macedon Argaeus ( Greek : Ἀργαῖος , romanized : Argaios ; fl. c. 623 BC ) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon . He was a member of the Argead dynasty and son of Perdiccas I . By allowing thirty years for the span of an average generation from
12-443: The beginning of Archelaus' reign in 413 BC, British historian Nicholas Hammond estimated that Argaeus ruled around 623 BC. According to Herodotus and Thucydides , Argaeus was the second king of Macedonia. However, a much later tradition records Caranus as the founder of Macedonia and therefore Argaeus as the fifth king. This unhistorical assertion is almost universally rejected by moderns scholarship as propaganda invented at
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