Phila I (fl. c. 320 BCE)

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Phila I (fl. c. 320 bce)

Macedonian noblewoman. Flourished around 320 bce; dau. of Antipater (general, died 319); m. Demetrius Poliorcetes (a Macedonian general-king); sister of Cassander, Eurydice (fl. 321 bce) and Nicaea; children: Antigonus II Gonatus (who m. his niece Phila II); Stratonice I (c. 319–254 bce).

See also Women in World History.

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