Caranus (son of Philip II)
Caranus or Karanos (Greek: Κάρανος, romanized: Káranos) was the son of Philip II and a half-brother of Alexander the Great. His mother was Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon and so Caranus was an infant at the time of his death. Cleopatra Eurydice bore Philip also a female child, Europa, shortly before his death in October 336 BC.
According to Justin,[1] Alexander III had killed Caranus soon after his accession in 336 BC because he feared him. Alexander III would have been more likely to fear a teenager brother than an infant as a rival for the throne.
Pausanias reports[2] that Olympias was responsible for the deaths of Cleopatra and her children.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Justin. Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. p. XI.2. Archived from the original on September 2, 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. p. 8.7. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Caranus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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