Amyntas III (
Greek Αμύντας Γ΄ ), son of Arrhidaeus, and father of
Philip II and grandfather of
Alexander the Great, was king of
Macedon from
393 (or 389) to
369 BC.
He came to the throne after the ten years of confusion which followed the death of
Archelaus II, the patron of art and literature. But he had many enemies at home; in
383 he was driven out by the
Illyrians, but in the following year, with the aid of the
Thessalians, he recovered his kingdom.
He concluded a treaty with the
Spartans, who assisted him to reduce
Olynthus (
379). He also entered into a league with
Jason of Pherae, and assiduously cultivated the friendship of
Athens.
By his wife,
Eurydice, he had three sons,
Alexander II,Perdiccas III and the youngest of whom was the famous
Philip II of Macedon. 
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