Lebaea, also called Lebaie, was an ancient city in Upper Macedonia and, according to Herodotus, the early residence of the Macedonian kings. Herodotus records the tradition that three brothers, Gauanes, Aeropus and Perdiccas, all descended from Temenus, fled from Argos to the Illyrians and then to Lebaea, where they served the local king. After the king asked them to leave his territory, believing an omen foretold that something great would happen to Perdiccas, the brothers settled in another part of Macedonia near the garden of Midas, below Mount Bermion, where Perdiccas was remembered as the ancestor of the later Macedonian kings. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Lebaea or Lebaie (Ancient Greek: Λεβαίη) was an ancient city in Upper Macedonia, and the residence of the early Macedonian kings, mentioned by Herodotus.
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