11 Facts About Philip Arrhidaeus

Philip Arrhidaeus was a son of King Philip II of Macedon by Philinna of Larissa, and thus an elder half-brother of Alexander the Great.

Alexander was fond of Philip Arrhidaeus and took him on his campaigns, both to protect his life and to prevent his use as a pawn in any prospective challenge for the throne.

Philip Arrhidaeus was the most obvious candidate, but he was mentally disabled and thus unfit to rule.

When news arrived in Macedonia that Arrhidaeus had been chosen as king, Cynane, a daughter of Philip II, developed a plan to travel to Asia and offer the new king her daughter Eurydice for his wife.

From that moment on, Philip Arrhidaeus was to be under the sway of his bride, a proud and determined woman bent on substantiating her husband's power.

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Philip Arrhidaeus lost his right eye in battle and had been wounded in one leg.

Bartsiokas, one of the lead authors in the 2015 study identifying Philip Arrhidaeus as the occupant of Tomb I, explained that Eurydice was a warrior who fought in many battles and could have required greaves.

Philip Arrhidaeus appears as one of the main characters in the novel Funeral Games by Mary Renault.

Philip Arrhidaeus is a main character in Annabel Lyon's novel The Golden Mean.

Philip Arrhidaeus is portrayed as having a spectrum disorder, but a photographic memory and a talent for mental arithmetic.

Philip Arrhidaeus's condition improves after sessions from a therapist among the time travelers, along with medical marijuana and other drugs, and fathers a child with Eurydice in the second book.