Archelaus ⅰ (Sharz … Laoz A; Archelaus and) (413-399 BC) – Macedonian king from the Argeadi dynasty; Perdicica’s son ⅱ. Implements military and monetary reform, the capital of Aiga, transmits strategic reasons to Pela; It builds a number of fortifications and roads. As a participant in the Peloponnesian war, he establishes friendly relations with Athens and gets the honorary Athens title – prohibited. They considered it “Barbarin” in relation to the Helleni (Trasimah) and therefore can not become a member of the Pelunicipal Union. Establishes Macedonian Olympics (gymnastics, musical and dramatic competitions in honor of Dionysus and Muses) in the holy city of Dion; In Pela, there are prominent men from the Hellen world: Historian Tukidid, Tragic Agate, the epic poet Holar, the painter Zhevixis, who sparked the palace in Pella and founded a Macedonian painting school. Tragic Evripid The last years of life spends on the Macedonian courtyard, where the Archelaus drama (dedicated to the ruler) and tragedies “Bakhi” and “IFIGENIA in Avlida”. Before the end of his life, he wars with Linkestian ruler Arabia and Sira for supremacy in Macedonia. He killed on hunting. Lit.: TachuCidides, 4 Wells., Harvard Universitis Press, 1958; Diodorus SICSLUS, 12 Wells., Harvard Universitis Press, 1963; J. N. Borza, in the shadow of Olympus, the emergence of Macedon, Skopje, 2004. A. Shook.
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Кириличен напис АРХЕЛАЈ Ⅰ