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Phila (daughter of Seleucus)

Queen of ancient Macedonia

Phila (; after 300 BC – after 246 BC) She was given to Antigonus by her brother, later Antiochus I king of the Seleucid Empire. This was done by way of Antiochus formally giving up his claim to Macedonia and recognising Antigonus as king there following an alliance opposing him between Antigonus and Nicomedes I of Bithynia.

Phila's wedding was used by Antigonus to emphasise that his rule was a return to the old Argead dynasty and cement his legitimacy. Phila had no formal role in the governance of the country, but there is evidence that she had influence. Unusually for Hellenistic rulers who were often polygamous, Antigonus married only Phila. The poet Aratus wrote a hymn for the wedding and an epigram for Phila.

A statue of Phila was erected on the island of Delos. On the island of Samos, Phila had a temenos, a holy precinct under official control.

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was a queen (''[[basilissa]]'') of [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom). ancient Macedonia]]. She was a daughter of [[Seleucus I Nicator]], the founder of the [[Seleucid Empire]], and [[Stratonice of Syria
[https://www.livius.org/articles/person/phila-ii/ Phila II], Livius.org, retrieved 2 January 2022.
She had been placed in his care in 294 or 293 BC.Daniel Ogden, ''The Legend of Seleucus'', p. 170, Cambridge University Press, 2017 {{ISBN. 1107164788.
George Rawlinson, ''A Manual of Ancient History from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Western Empire'', p. 261, Clarendon, 1869 {{oclc. 829150424.
Elizabeth Donnelly Carney, ''Women and Monarchy in Macedonia'', pp. 182–183, University of Oklahoma Press, 2000 {{ISBN. 0806132124.

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