Name Meda Odessos Parents Kothelas | ||
Role Philip II of Macedon's wife Similar People Philip II of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Philip III of Macedon, Amyntas III of Macedon, Cleopatra of Macedon | ||
Meda of Odessos (Ancient Greek: Μήδα Mḗda), died 336 BC, was a Thracian princess, daughter of the king Cothelas a Getae and wife of king Philip II of Macedon. Philip married her after Olympias.
According to N. G. L. Hammond, when Philip died, Meda committed suicide so that she would follow Philip to the Ades. The people of Macedonia, who were not used to such honours to their kings by their consorts, buried her with him at the Great Tumuli of Vergina, in a separate room. The second larnax found in the tomb might belong to her.
Honours
Meda Nunatak in Antarctica is named after Meda of Odessos.
References
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