- Caranus (king)
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Caranus "Caranus or Karanus (Greek:polytonic|Κάρανος) 808- 778 BC) was the first king of ancient
Macedon according to later traditions. According toHerodotus the first king was Perdicas. King Karanus is first reported byTheopompus [Theopompus the HistorianPage 270 By Gordon Spencer Shrimpton ISBN 0773508376] (FGrH, No. 115, Frag. 393)According to Greek myth, Karanus was one of King Temenus' sons. Temenus, along withCresphontes andAristodemus were the three Doric leaders who invaded the MyceneanPeloponnese region. Then they proceeded to divide the conquered territories between them. Cresphontes was givenMessenia andSparta ; Aristodemus tookLaconia ; and finally Temenos was givenArgos . Following the death of King Temenos, the Princes argued about who should be king. One of them,Pheidon , defeated his brothers in battle and took over as kingship. Karanos then, decided to find another kingdom of his own, where he could be King. First, however he went to theOracle of Delphi to askPythia s' advice. "You should find your kingdom there, were you will find plenty of game and domestic animals, was her advice." Thus Karanos and his entourage moved to the North, in search of suitable land to establish his new kingdom. Finally, he discovered a green valley, with a lot of game and goats, whereupon he thought that the prophecy of Pythia has been fulfilled. Thus he built a city there, which he named "AIGAE", ( _el. Aiga-goat), present dayVergina , a site of substantial archaeological activity, as numerous important findings have been unearthed.Accorging to Justin (7.1) citing
Marsyas of Pella According to
Chronicon (Eusebius) References
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0618.html Caranus]ee also
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Argead dynasty
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