Amyntas I, king of
Macedonia (c. 540-498 B.C.), was a
tributary vassal of
Darius Hystaspes[?] of
Persia. With him the history of Macedonia may be said to begin. He was the first of its rulers to have relations with other countries; he entered into an alliance with the
Peisistratidae[?] of
Athens, and when
Hippias was driven out of Athens he offered him the territory of
Anthemus[?] on the
Thermaic Gulf[?], with the object of turning the
Greek party feuds to his own advantage
Ancient sources: (Herodotus v. 17, 94; Justin vii. 2; Thucydides ii. 100; Pausanias ix. 40).
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