person
Archelaus I of Macedon
Archelaus
also: Archelaum Perdiccae filium, Archelaus the son of Perdiccas
King of Macedon (c. 413-399 BC), son of Perdiccas II, who attained the throne by violence and was reckoned in his day the most fortunate of men. In Plato's Gorgias, cited by Cicero, Socrates refuses to call him happy, since happiness depends on justice and virtue, not fortune.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §5.34 Archelaus the son of Perdiccas, who was then held the most fortunate of men
Archelaus I, king of Macedon (r. c. 413-399 BC), who gained the throne through murder yet was reckoned supremely fortunate. In the Gorgias Socrates refuses to judge him happy without knowing his justice.