AMYNTAS II. or III., King of Macedonia from 393 (or 389) to 369 B.C. He came to the throne after the ten years of con fusion which followed the death of Archelaus, and showed the same taste for Greek culture and its representatives. In 383 B.C.
he was driven out by the Illyrians, but in the following year, with the aid of the Thessalians, he recovered his kingdom. He con cluded a treaty with the Spartans, who helped him to reduce Olynthus (3 79 B.c.) . He also entered into a league with Jason of Pherae, and cultivated the friendship of Athens. The youngest of his three sons was the famous Philip of Macedon.
See Diodorus xiv. 89, xv. 19, 6o; Xenophon, Hellenica, V. 2 ; Justin vii. 4.