Stratonice (in Greek Στρατoνικη) of Syria was the daughter of king Demetrius Poliorcetes and Phila, the daughter of Antipater. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Demetrius I (337-283 BC Greek: Δημήτριος) called Poliorcetes (Greek Πολιορκητής) ("The Besieger" son of Phila ( Greek: Φίλα beloved died in 287 BC daughter of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia is celebrated by the ancient sources as one of the noblest Antipater ( Greek: Ἀντίπατρος Antipatros; ca 397 BC — 319 BC was a Macedonian general and a supporter of kings Philip II of Macedon In 300 BC, at which time she could not have been more than seventeen years of age, her hand was solicited by Seleucus, king of Syria, and she was conducted by her father Demetrius to Rhosus, on the Pierian coast (in Macedonia), where her nuptials were celebrated with the utmost magnificence. Events By place Egypt Pyrrhus, the King of Epirus, is taken as a hostage to Egypt after the Battle of Ipsus Seleucus I (surnamed for later generations Nicator, Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, i The Seleucid Empire /sə'lusɪd/ ( 312 - 63 BC) was a Hellenistic empire i The Pieres are a Thracian people occupying the narrow strip of plain land or low hill between the mouths of the Peneius and the Haliacmon rivers at Macedon or Macedonia ( Greek grc Μακεδονία grc-Latn Makedonía) was the name of a kingdom centered in the northern-most ¹ Notwithstanding the disparity of their ages, she appears to have lived in perfect harmony with the old king for some years, and had already borne him one child, a daughter called Phila, when it was discovered that her stepson Antiochus was deeply enamoured of her, and Seleucus, in order to save the life of his son, which was endangered by the violence of his passion, in 294 BC gave up Stratonice in marriage to the young prince, whom he at the same time constituted king of the eastern provinces. Antiochus I Soter (unknown - 261 BC was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. Events By place Greece Archidamus IV, king of Sparta, son of Eudamidas I and grandson of Archidamus III ² The union seems to have been a prosperous one, but we find little subsequent mention of Stratonice. She bore five children to Antiochus: Seleucus, Laodice, Antiochus II Theos, who was to succeed his father as king (Seleucus having been executed for rebellion); Apama, married to Magas, king of Cyrene; and Stratonice of Macedonia. Antiochus II Theos (286 BC&ndash246 BC was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom who reigned 261 BC&ndash246 BC Magas of Cyrene (r 276 - 250 BCE was a Greek king of Cyrene (today's Libya) Stratonice (in Greek Στρατoνικη; lived in the 3rd century BC) of Macedonia was the daughter of Stratonice of Syria and of the Seleucid The city of Stratonikeia in Caria was named after her by Antiochus. Stratonikeia ( Greek: Στρατoνικεια or Στρατoνικη; or per Stephanus of Byzantium: Στρατονίκεια) Municipalities of Caria Cramer's detailed catalog of Carian towns in Classical Greece is based entirely on ancient sources ³ [1]

References

• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Stratonice (3)", Boston, (1867)

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