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The Founding Histories and Myths of the Argead Dynasty The Argeads claim to be the descendants of Temenus, a great-great-grandson of  Heracles, and King of Argos. The ancient historian Herodotus provides an account of how the Argeads came to rule over  Macedon. According to Herodotus, three Temenid brothers, Gauanes, Aeropus, and Perdiccas, were banished from  Argos to Illyria. They wandered in the highlands of Macedon, and finally settled down in a town called Lebaea. There, they worked ...

Top Ten Best Ancient Historians History is very important and I cannot overstate that. In our times of early writing we had men, yes mostly men, that would record the events of the time that gives us a clear image of what happened, the people of the time, and the culture. These Ancient Historians would form history. This list will feature the best of these historians. For the sake of practicality I will not be including religious writers. Feel free to add them though. Feel free to add whoever y...