Hammond 1986, σελ. 516: "In the early 5th century the royal house of Macedonia, the Temenidae was recognised as Greek by the Presidents of the Olympic Games. Their verdict considered themselves to be of Greek descent from Heracles son of Zeus." Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1986). A History of Greece to 322 BC. Oxford, United Kingdom: Clarendon Press. ISBN0-19-873095-0.
Howatson & Harvey 1989, σελ. 339: "In historical times the royal house traced its descent from the mythical Temenus, king of Argos, who was one of the Heracleidae, and more immediately from Perdiccas I, who left Argos for Illyria, probably in the mid-seventh century BC, and from there captured the Macedonian plain and occupied the fortress of Aegae (Vergina), setting himself up as king of the Macedonians. Thus the kings were of largely Dorian Greek stock (see PHILIP (1)); they presumably spoke a form of Dorian Greek and their cultural tradition had Greek features." Howatson, M. C.· Harvey, Sir Paul (1989). The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-866121-5.
Rogers 2004, σελ. 316: "According to Strabo, 7.11 ff., the Argeadae were the tribe who were able to make themselves supreme in early Emathia, later Macedonia." Rogers, Guy MacLean (2004). Alexander: The Ambiguity of Greatness. New York: Random House Publishing Group. ISBN1-4000-6261-6.
Andronikos 2004, σελ. 38. Inscription found in the tholos room of the Agai Palace: "Η επιγραφή αυτή είναι: «ΗΡΑΚΛΗΙ ΠΑΤΡΩΙΩΙ», που σημαίνει στον «Πατρώο Ηρακλή», στον Ηρακλή δηλαδή που ήταν γενάρχης της βασιλικής οικογένειας των Μακεδόνων." [Translation: "The inscription is: «ΗΡΑΚΛΗΙ ΠΑΤΡΩΙΩΙ», which means "Father (Ancestor) Hercules", dedicated to Hercules who was the ancestor of the Royal family of the Macedonians."] Andronikos, Manolēs (2004). Vergina: The Royal Tombs. Athens, Greece: Ekdotikē Athēnōn. ISBN960-213-128-4.
