Tharrhypas

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Who is Tharrhypas?

Tharrhypas was a king of the Molossians and ancestor of Alexander the Great.

He is mentioned by Thucydides as a minor in 429 BC.

He was the father of Alcetas I, and is said to have been the first to introduce southern Greek cultural traits among Epirotan Greeks.

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on July 23, 2013

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