Morcus(59 words)
[German version]
(Μόρκος/Mórkos). Illyrian. In 169 BC, he and Parmenion were sent to Dion as envoys from Genthius to Perseus to conclude the Illyrian-Macedonian alliance against Rome. In 168 BC, he took part in Metrodorus's [4] negotiations on Rhodes (Pol. 29,3,9; 29,11,1-6; Liv. 44,23,4f.).
Macedonian Wars
Günther, Linda-Marie (Munich)
Bibliography
E. Olshausen, Prosopographie der hellenistischen Königsgesandten, 1974, 281f.
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Günther, Linda-Marie (Munich),
“Morcus”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e809990>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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