Caranus (son of Philip II)

Caranus or Karanos (Greek: Κάρανος, romanized: Káranos) was the son of Philip II and a half-brother of Alexander the Great. His mother was Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon and so Caranus was an infant at the time of his death. Cleopatra Eurydice bore Philip also a female child, Europa, shortly before his death in October 336 BC.^[1]^[2]

According to Justin, Alexander III had killed Caranus soon after his accession in 336 BC because he feared him.^[1]

Pausanias reports that Olympias was responsible for the deaths of Cleopatra and her children.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Justin. Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. p. XI.2. Archived from the original on September 2, 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b Pausanias. Description of Greece. p. 8.7. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Caranus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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[:0-1] Justin. Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. p. XI.2. Archived from the original on September 2, 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

[:1-2] Pausanias. Description of Greece. p. 8.7. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

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Caranus (son of Philip II)

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