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Eurydice I: The First Macedonian Queen with Political Influence

Although the history of ancient Macedonia is largely male-dominated, it is evident that the Macedonian royal women began to appear in remarkable public positions at least since the late 5th century BCE. Eurydice I, mother of Philip II of Macedon (383/382-336 BCE) and the grandmother of Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) through her marriage to the Argead king, Amyntas III of Macedon (circa 420-370/369 BCE), serves as a classical model for subsequent Hellenistic queens, who were able to exercise varying degrees of power, autonomy, and authority. Eurydice's political impact became apparent after her husband's death, and it was so remarkable and decisive that she was honoured later through both verbal tributes and material constructions.

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Silver tetrobol (diameter=15 mm; weight=2.45 g) minted in the Kingdom of Macedon during the reign of Perdiccas II (r. 454-413 BCE). The obverse features a horseman who wears a petasos (the broad, flat hat characteristic of Macedon) and carries hunting spears; he is accompanied by a dog. This image reflects the keen interest in hunting among the Macedonian aristocracy. The reverse features the Nemean Lion, whom Heracles slew as the first of his Twelve Labors. The Argead dynasty of Macedonian kings, to which Perdiccas belonged, claimed descent from Heracles; when Alexander I, the father of Perdiccas, sought to compete in the Olympic Games, he used this purported descent to prove his "Greekness". Above the lion is a kerykeion, the staff borne by heralds (and by Hermes, patron deity of heralds); those holding the kerykeion were sacrosanct and could not be harmed without incurring the wrath of the gods.