[1][2][3] History links her to three of the most powerful men in Macedon—daughter of King Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great and wife of Cassander.

[4] According to one narrative, to commemorate the birth of his daughter, which fell on the same day as the armies of Macedon and Thessalian league won the significant battle of Crocus Field in Thessaly over the Phocians, King Philip is said to have proclaimed, "Let her be called victory in Thessaly.

Philip II did not arrange Thessalonike's marriage, as he did for her sisters, likely due to her youth at the time of his death.

Her interaction with her older brother Alexander would have been minimal, as he was under the tutelage of Aristotle in "The Gardens of Midas" when she was born, and at the age of six or seven when he left on his Persian campaign.

After Alexander's death, Olympias tried to arrange a marriage for her own daughter, Cleopatra of Macedon, but did not do the same for Thessalonike (already old for a royal bride), likely also for political reasons.

[10][11][12] The fall of Pydna and the execution of her stepmother threw her into the power of Cassander, who embraced the opportunity to connect himself with the Argead dynasty by marrying her, possibly by force.

Justin (historian) claimed that Thessalonike demanded that Antipater, the next eldest son, share the rule with Alexander.

Any other answer would transform her into the raging Gorgon, bent on sending the ship and every sailor on board to the bottom of the sea.