Apama III

For other uses of this name see, Apama (disambiguation)

Apama III, sometimes known as Apame III (Ancient Greek: Ἀπάμα, born c. 250 BC, flourished 3rd and 2nd century BC) was a Greek princess from the Antigonid dynasty.

Apama was of Greek Macedonian and Persian descent. She was the child born to the King Demetrius II Aetolicus and Queen Stratonice of Macedon. Her paternal grandparents were the Antigonid Monarchs Antigonus II Gonatas and Phila, while her maternal grandparents were the Seleucid Monarchs Antiochus I Soter and Stratonice of Syria. From her father’s second marriage, she had a younger paternal half-brother called Philip V of Macedon who would eventually succeed as king. Apama was the namesake of her maternal aunt Apama II, who was the wife of King Magas of Cyrene and mother of the Ptolemaic Queen Berenice II. Apama was born and raised in Macedonia.

Her father formed an alliance with the Greek King of Anatolia Prusias I of Bithynia. Apama later married Prusias I and through her marriage, became Queen of Bithynia. Apama bore Prusias I, a son and his successor called Prusias II of Bithynia, sometimes known as Prusias II Cynegus, Cynegus means the Hunter.

Apama

Apama (Ancient Greek: Ἀπάμα Apáma), sometimes known as Apama I or Apame I was the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus I Nicator. They married at Susa in 324 BC. According to ancient sources, Apama was the daughter of the Sogdian baron Spitamenes (Arr. VII, 4, 6, from Ptolemy I).

Apama and Seleucus had two daughters, Apama and Laodice, and two sons, Antiochus I Soter who inherited the Seleucid throne, and Achaeus. After the death of Apama, Seleucus married Stratonice, daughter of Demetrius I of Macedon, Seleucus had a daughter by Stratonice, who was called Phila. Several towns were named Apamea after her.

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Apama (disambiguation)

Apama may refer to:

Nature

People

Apama sometimes spelled Apame for a woman and Apammes for a man, is an ancient and modern name of Persian origin. The name can refer to:

Thottea

Thottea is a genus of flowering plants in the pipevine family, Aristolochiaceae.

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