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[English version] Sohn des Paious (?), etablierte sich während des Bürgerkrieges (132-124 v.Chr.) als Gegenpharao und war der letzte Ägypter, der den Titel “Pharao” trug. Wurde vermutlich von der thebanischen Priesterschaft unterstützt; zwischen dem 26. Juni und Nov. 131 v.Chr. wurde in Theben nach ihm datiert, aber schon am 10. Nov. wurde er dort nicht mehr anerkannt. Er flüchtete nach Norden, wo seine Rebellion vor dem 15. Sept. 130 ein Ende fand. Ameling, Walter (Jena) Bibliography K. Vandorpe, City of Many a Gate, in: S.P. Vleeming (Hrsg.), Hundred-Gated Thebes, 1995, 203-23…

[English version] (auch Pen-Nout). Sohn des Psenobastis (PP I 344), Vater des Ptolemaios (PP I 322); syngenḗs und stratēgós (s. Hoftitel B. 2.) des äg. Gaus Tentyritis unter Kleopatra [II 12] VII., Priester verschiedener einheimischer Götter, “Verwalter” des Augustus und damit einer der einheimischen Größen, die den Übergang von ptolem. zu röm. Diensten geschafft hatten. PP I/VIII 293. Ameling, Walter (Jena) Bibliography L. Mooren, The Aulic Titulature in Ptolemaic Egypt, 1975, 125f. Nr. 0137.

(Θίβρων/ Thíbrōn). [German version] [1] Spartan commander, around 400 BC Spartan, who inaugurated Sparta’s war against the Persians in the autumn of 400 BC, but only had command of a small force (Isoc. Or. 4,144), He had some successes only after he had taken on Cyrus’ [3] former mercenaries (about 5000-6000 men) (Xen. An. 7,6,1; 7,8,24; Xen. Hell. 3,1,4-6; Diod. Sic. 14,36,1-37,4). He then went to Caria on the instructions of the éphoroi (Xen. Hell. 3,1,6-7), but was replaced in Ephesus by Dercylidas and punished in Sparta by being exiled be…

(πράκτωρ/ práktōr, πρακτήρ/ praktḗr: Poll. 8,114, 'executor', 'manager', from práttein, 'do'). [German version] I. Classical Period Greek official of a state executory authority, who, on instruction, recovered state claims, particularly fines. In Athens ten práktores chosen by lot annually were in service. Informed by the authorized court magistrate of penalties imposed, they entered them in the list kept on the Acropolis when state debtors did not pay immediately (IG II2 45; And. 1,77-79; Dem. Or. 25,4; 25,28; 43,71) [1. 270 f.]. An authority of the same name wi…

[German version] [2] L. Pompeius Satyrist and freedman of Pompey Magnus Suet. Gram. 15 reports, aside from several romantic and improbable occurrences from the life of the young L., that he was a freedman of Pompeius Magnus, accompanied him on almost all his campaigns and after his death and the death of his sons (the last one died in 35 BC) earned his living as a school teacher in Rome. He remained so faithful to Pompey that he reacted to criticism of him in Sallustius' Historiae with an acerbissima satura, an extremely stinging satire, calling Sallust a monster both in his life an…

(Ἡγέλοχος; Hēgélochos). [German version] [1] Fleet officer under Alexander the Great, 4th cent. BC Son of Hippostratus, officer under  Alexander [4]. Initially commander of the vanguard cavalry, he was commissioned to form a Macedonian fleet from ships collected from Greek cities in the summer of 333 BC (Arr. Anab. 2,2,3; inexact Curt. 3,1,19f.; Amphoterus was his subordinate, not his colleague). After the death of  Memnon his fleet dominated the Hellespont, where he i.a. stopped an Athenian grain fleet (Ps.-…

(ξένοι/ xénoi). 'Alien', i.e. free-born person not belonging to the Greek citizenship structure, who voluntarily stayed in a place and enjoyed certain rights there. Non-free aliens (slaves, prisoners of war) were not members of the group of xenoi, which was primarily defined in terms of rights. [German version] I. Classical Greece The term xenoi generally describes large groups of free-born people, staying permanently or temporarily in a particular community, without being citizens of it (Thuc. 2,31,1; 2,36,4; 6,30,2; Aristot. Pol. 1300b 31 f.), often used in contrast to ἀστοί/ ast…

(κληροῦχοι; klēroûchoi, proprietors of a klêros , of a ‘land allotment’). I. Athens [German version] A. 5th cent. BC Apart from its metaphorical meaning in Sophocles (Soph. Aj. 508: ‘having a certain fate’) first mentioned in literature by Herodotus (5,77,2) as a designation of 400 Athenians, who received fields in Chalcis [1] after the Athenian victory over the Chalcidians in 506/505 BC. The number is probably exaggerated, and cannot be corrected from Aelianus (Var. 6,1), who reports that 2,000 Athenians were settled on lands of the Chalcidian hippobótai . These kleroûchoi had to re…

(Egyptian Ḥrw-m-ḫ.t, ‘Horus in the horizon’). [German version] [1] Name of the great Sphinx Name under which the great  Sphinx of  Gizeh was venerated as the embodiment of the sun god since the beginning of the New Kingdom ( c. 1500 BC). Many votive steles document the popularity of the cult amongst private people as well as kings. Seidlmayer, Stephan Johannes (Berlin) Bibliography J. Assmann, s.v. H., LÄ2, 992-996. [German version] [2] Priest of Ptah of Memphis, about 200 BC Son of Anemhor, father of Nesysti III; high priest of Ptah of Memphis ( c. 260 ─ after 194-193 BC); sometimes i…

(Εἰρήνη; Eirḗnē). The word is perhaps pre-Greek [1; 2]. [German version] [1] Personification and deification of peace Personification and deification of peace (Orph. H. 15,11). E. is one of the  Horae, daughter of Zeus and Themis, sister of Dike and Eunomia (Hes. Theog. 901-902; Pind. Ol. 13,6-8). She is often mentioned in Greek literature as a central figure for the prospering of the political community. Thus, E.'s gifts are praised, for instance, in Bacchyl. fr. 4,61 Snell-Maehler and in Euripides (Bacch. 419-420; TGF 453) while usually being connected, as ‘a giver of wealth’, to ploút…

(Λεοντίσκος; Leontískos). [German version] [1] Olympic winner from Messana of Messana (Sicily). Two times Olympic winner in wrestling (456, 452 BC) [1]. He won his fights (in a similar manner to the pancratiast Sostratus) by breaking fingers (Paus. 6,4,3). His victor's statue in Olympia is by Pythagoras of Rhegium [2]. Decker, Wolfgang (Cologne) Bibliography 1 L. Moretti, Olympionikai, 1957, no. 271, 285 2 H.-V. Herrmann, Die Siegerstatuen von Olympia, in: Nikephoros 1, 1988, 154, no. 40. [German version] [2] Son of Ptolemy I, late 4th cent. BC Son of Ptolemy I and Thais, brother …

(Ἀντιγόνη; Antigónē). [German version] [1] Daughter of Thessalian  Phere Daughter of Thessalian  Phere and mother of the Argonaut Asterion (Hyg. Fab. 14,1). Harder, Ruth Elisabeth (Zürich) [German version] [2] Daughter of king Eurytion of Phthia Daughter of king Eurytion of Phthia, wife of  Peleus, by whom she has a daughter Polydora (Pherec. FGrH 3 F 61a). Peleus accidentally kills Eurytion and therefore flees to Acastus at Iolcus, who exculpates him. Acastus' wife Astydameia tries in vain to win him for herself and then in reve…

(Ἀνδρόμαχος; Andrómachos). [German version] [1] Possessor of a dorea (middle of the 3rd cent. BC) Documented between 253 and 249 BC in Egypt as possessor of a δωρεά ( dōreá) of 10,000 arourai. ‘Father’ of  Ptolemaeus Andromachou (?) [1]. Ameling, Walter (Jena) [German version] [2] Strategos of Syria and Phoenicia (end of 3rd cent. BC) Aspendian, commanded the phalanx in 217 BC at Raphia, later strategos of Syria and Phoenicia. PP 2, 2150. Ameling, Walter (Jena) [German version] [3] Ptolemaean official (1st half of 2nd cent. BC) Son of  Eirene, grandson of  Ptolemaeus Agesarchou; c. 197/8…

(Μυρμιδών/ Myrmidṓn, ‘ant’). [German version] [1] Progenitor of the Myrmidones Eponymous progenitor of the Homeric people of the Myrmidones (Hellanikos FHG 1 F 17); son of Eurymedusa, fathered by Zeus in the guise of an ant (Eratosth. In Serv. Aen. 2,7; Clem. Al. Protreptikos 34). With his wife Pisidice, daughter of Aeolus, M. fathered Antiphus and Actor (Apollod. 1,52) as well as the gluttonous Erysichthon (Hellanikos l.c.). Frey, Alexandra (Basle) [German version] [2] Military official under Ptolemy I, 315 BC Athenian, sent in 315 BC by Ptolemy I along with 10,000 soldier…

[German version] [1] Son of Ptolemy I (Ἀργαῖος; Argaîos). Son of Ptolemy I (and of Eurydice?); murdered by Ptolemy II (because of a conspiracy?) after 282 BC. PP 6, 14489. Ameling, Walter (Jena) Bibliography C. Habicht, Argaeus, Ptolemy II. and Alexander's corpse, AHB 2,4, 1988, 88-89. [German version] [2] Volcanic massif in Cappadocia (Ἀργαῖος, also Ἀργαῖον ὄρος; Argaîon oros). Erciyes Daǧı, highest volcanic massif in  Cappadocia (3917 m) south of Kayseri. Volcanic peak of the same name (modern Hasan Daǧı) in south-west Cappadocia (3268 m). Strobel, Karl (Klagenfurt) Bibliography…

(Φιλάμμων; Philámmōn). [German version] [1] Singer and lyrist Mythical singer and lyrist of Delphi, a son of Apollo (Pherecydes of Athens FGrH 3 F 120); his mother is variously given as Philonis (ibid.), Chione [2] (Ov. Met. 11,316f.) and Leuconoe [1] (Hyg. Fab. 161). His sons - for whom there are also other genealogical backgrounds - were Thamyris (Eur. Rhes. 916; 925) and Eumolpus (Theoc. 24,108). At Delphi, P. is said to have introduced choirs of virgins (Pherecydes loc. cit.) and choirs within the t…

(Φιλομήτωρ/ Philomḗtōr, lit. 'the mother-lover'). [German version] [1] Cultic sobriquet of Greek rulers Cultic sobriquet of Greek rulers, firstly of Ptolemaeus VI, whose reign began under the regency of his mother. For many of the subsequent kings (e.g. Ptolemaeus VIII, X, XV, Cleopatra [II 12] VII, Antiochus [10] VIII, Demetrius [9] III), the statement of Gutschmid [1. 112] is valid, namely that they ruled at first under the guardianship of their mothers. There are also Egyptian connotations to the name ( Kamutef, 'the bull of his mother' [sc. Isis]), intended to show tha…

(Γανυμήδης; Ganymḗdēs, Etruscan Catmite, Latin apart from G. also Catamitus). [German version] [1] Cupbearer to Zeus In Greek mythology (main source: Hom. Il 20,231-235) the son of the Dardanian king Tros (Iliad parva 29,4 PEG I: son of Laomedon), who as the most beautiful human was abducted to the Olympus to serve Zeus as cupbearer in eternal youth and to delight the gods with his beauty. He is either abducted in a windstorm (H. Hom. 5,202), by  Iris (in art, possibly already in Ibycus PMG Fr. 289), by  Hermes…

(Ἀγαθόκλεια; Agathókleia). [German version] [1] Mistress of Ptolemy II Mistress of Ptolemy II; her historicity is uncertain. PP 6, 14713; [1]. Ameling, Walter (Jena) [German version] [2] Mistress of Ptolemy IV Daughter of Agathocles [5] and  Oenanthe, sister of  Agathocles [6]. Mentioned 215 BC in possession of several Nile boats, 213/12 kanephore. Mistress of Ptolemy IV; in 204 took part in the murder of  Arsinoe [II 4] III, entrusted with her mother with the young Ptolemy V (as nursemaid?). Murdered by a mob in 203 at the deposition of her brother. PP 3/9, 4984; 6, 14714; [2]. Ameling, W…

(Ἀραβάρχης; Arabárchēs) [German version] [1] Office in roman Egypt Office in Roman Egypt, attested as from 2nd cent. AD (OGIS 202), but it may have had Ptolemaic models. A college of arabarchai was responsible for levying the import tax in Coptus in the mid 2nd cent. (SB 18,13167, vers. 2,11 ff.). The distribution of tasks is unclear with the παραλήμπτης τῆς Ἐρύθρας θαλάσσης ( paralḗmptēs tês Erýthras thalássēs), however, OGIS 202 indicates the offices were operating in parallel. The arabarches was also responsible for collecting the road taxes on the road from Coptus to …

[German version] [1] From Cyrene, c. 100 BC (Στόλος; Stólos). Son of Theon, probably from Cyrene, later honoured with Athenian citizenship; archedéatros in Cyrene in 108 BC, later admiral of Ptolemaeus [15] IX on Cyprus between 107 and 104. Ameling, Walter (Jena) Bibliography R. S. Bagnall, S. the Admiral, in: Phoenix 26, 1972, 358-368  H. Hauben, Was S. a Cyrenaean?, in: ZPE 25, 1977, 221-226  J. Pouilloux, Salaminiens de Chypre à Delos, in: BCH Suppl. 1, 1973, 406-411. [German version] [2] City This item can be found on the following maps: Delian League (Στῶλος; Stōlos). Inland cit…

(νομογράφος/ nomográphos, ‘law-writer’) [German version] I. Greece In some Greek cities individual, specially qualified men were entrusted during the archaic period with the task of writing laws for the pólis. This could include writing down the existing legal practice as well as creating new laws. Known nomográphoi are, for example, Zaleucus in Locri Epizephyrii, Charondas in Catane, Draco [2] and later Solon in Athens. At times, but not always, this commission was associated with a regular office of state. Thus, Solon was at the same time an árchōn (Archontes [1]) in Athens but D…

(Ἐχεκράτης; Echekrátēs). [German version] [1] Thessalian condottierre of Ptolemy IV, c. 217 BC Thessalian condottiere of Ptolemy IV, whose training of the army and especially the cavalry significantly contributed to the victory at Raphia in 217 BC. In that battle, he commanded the right wing of the cavalry. An anecdotally coloured representation of the battle is recorded in Diod. Sic. 16,26,6. PP 2, 2161. Ameling, Walter (Jena) [German version] [2] Pythagorean from Phleius Pythagorean from Phleius, who together with Phanton, Polymnastos and Diocles, who also came fro…

(Ἱππομέδων; Hippomédōn). [German version] [1] One of the Seven against Thebes One of the  Seven against Thebes, brother or nephew of  Adrastus [1], from Lerna, hero of gigantic size. In Aeschylus (Sept. 486ff.), he stands against Hyperbius at the Oncaean Gate, in Euripides (Phoen. 1113ff.; 119ff.), at the Ogygian Gate and at the head of the army. The motif on his shield is  Typhon or  Argus [II]. Euripides (Suppl. 881ff.) depicts him as a warrior limited to physical power. In Statius, he wins the discus co…

(Μένυλλος; Ményllos). [German version] [1] Military officer in the Lamian War, 322 BC After the Athenian defeat in the Lamian War by Antipater [1] in 322 BC, M. was appointed commander of the Macedonian garrison at the Munychia fortress in Piraeus (Diod. 18,18,5; Plut. Phocion 28,1 and 7). He was on good terms with Phocion who was then in charge of Athenian policy. After the death of Antipater, Cassander replaced M. with Nicanor. Engels, Johannes (Cologne) Bibliography W. S. Ferguson, Hellenistic Athens, 1911, 20. [German version] [2] Envoy of Ptolemy VI to Rome, 163/2 BC In 163/2 BC, M. …

(Ἵππαλος; Híppalos). [German version] [1] Son of Sosus, priest of a royal cult, officer Son of Sosus (?); father of the district commander Theomnestus (PP 1/8, 260; 3/9, 5147) and the athlophore Batra (PP 3/9, 5051). From 185-169 BC, priest of the royal cult in Ptolemais Hermou; documented in 182 and 173 as an eponymous officer; before November 176 (from 185?) ἀρχισωματοφύλαξ ( archisōmatophýlax, ‘arch-bodyguard’) and first stratēgós of the Thebaid (court title dependent on reading of PLond VII 2188, 214); from November 176 until at least May 172 τῶν πρώτων φίλων ( tôn prṓtōn phílōn) and ep…

(Πολεμαῖος/ Polemaîos). [German version] [1] Macedonian commander, c. 300 BC (also called Ptolemaeus and Polemon in MSS, but correctly P ., IG II2 469 and IK 28,2). Son of one P., Macedonian, nephew of Antigonus [1]. P. was probably already an officer in the Macedonian army under Alexander [4] the Great, possibly sōmatophýlax (Court titles B) of Philippus Arridaeus [4] (Arr. Succ. 1,38). In 319, he went to Eumenes [1] as a hostage of Antigonus (Plut. Eumenes 10); in 314 he was sent as general to Cappadocia and to secure the Hellespont (Diod. Sic.…

(Κρόνιος; Krónios). [German version] [1] Platonist Platonist (Syranus, In Aristot. Metaph. 109,11) of the Pythagorizing tendency, mostly called a Pythagorean, (perhaps older) contemporary and friend (Porph. De anthro nympharum 21) of  Numenius, about the mid 2nd cent. AD. As a rule C. is only mentioned with him but frequently before him and generally shares his opinion. C. was read in the school of Plotin (Porph. Vita Pythagorica 14); he composed hypomnemata (ibid., probably no commentaries on whole w…

(Λεύκιος; Leúkios). [German version] [1] Roman in the Ptolemaic army L. (= Lucius), son of Gaius, Roman, Ptolemaic phroúrarchos on Itanus (between 221-209 BC), thus the first Roman known to have had a higher rank in the Ptolemaic army. PP VI 15117. Ameling, Walter (Jena) [German version] [2] L. Charinus Ostensible author of apocryphal Acts of the Apostles Ostensible author of apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. As such L. appears once with a double name in the middle of the 9th cent. in Photius (Bibl. cod. 114), who ascribes to him the authorship of the …

(Σώφρων/ Sṓphrōn). [German version] [1] Poet, 2nd half of the 5th cent. BC from Syracuse. According to Suda σ 893, approximately contemporaneous with (Arta)Xerxes in Persia and Euripides in Athens, i.e. from the 2nd half of the 5th cent. BC. This is in keeping with the traditional belief that his son Xenarchus composed a mime that referred to a historical event occurring in 394 or 389 BC (fr. 1; 4 Olivieri; [1. 59]). S. became famous for his mimoi, quasi-dramatic dialogues or monologues in a kind of rhythmic prose that depicted everyday characters for humorous purposes t…

(Εὐλαῖος; Eulaîos). [German version] [1] Main river of the area of Susiana One of the main rivers of the area of Susiana (Arr. Anab. 7,7; Diod. Sic. 19,19,1; Plut. Eumenes 14; Str. 15,3,4; 22; Plin. HN 6,100; 31,35 et al.) on which the metropolis Susa was also situated; it appears in the Hellenistic period as the Greek polis with the name Σελεύκεια ἡ πρὸς τῷ Εὐλαίῳ(Seleucia on the E.). It is indeed certain that E. was named after the river name Ulaï that appears in Mesopotamian and Biblical testimonials; however the identification of E. and the other rivers of Susiana passed…

(Μενοίτιος; Menoítios). [German version] [1] Son of Actor and Aegina Son of Actor [1] and Aegina, who settled in Opus (Pind. Ol. 9,69f.); husband of Sthenele (or Periopis or Polymele), father of Patroclus and Myrto (Apollod. 3,13,8; Plut. Aristeides 20,7). In the Ilias M. is designated as hḗrōs (Hom. Il. 11,771; 18,325). When Patroclus killed Cleitonymus, son of Aphidamas, in battle, M. fled with him to Peleus in Phthia. From there, he sent his son to Troy, in support of Achilles [1] (Hom. Il. 23,83ff.; 11,765ff.). M. himself remained in Pht…

(Νικοκρέων/ Nikokréōn). [German version] [1] Conspirator against Evagoras, c. 375 BC N. plotted unsuccessfully against Evagoras [1], the king of Salamis on Cyprus (Theopompos FGrH 115 F 103,12), and had to flee (around 375 BC). N.'s daughter became the mistress of Evagoras and of the heir to the throne, Pnytagoras. According to [1. 99-101] the result of this union was the future king Pnytagoras II, whose son was Nicocreon [2]. Dreyer, Boris (Göttingen) Bibliography 1 Beloch, GG 4,2 2 LGPN 1, 335, nr. 1. [German version] [2] King of the town of Salamis on Cyprus, 332/1 BC Son of Pnytagor…

(Εὐμένης; Euménēs). [German version] [1] Chancellor of Philippos II and Alexander the Gr. * 362/1, Son of Hieronymus of Cardia, from 342 onwards chancellor for the Macedonian king Philip II and then for Alexander III, for whom he kept the ephemerides (Nep. Eumenes 1,4-6; Plut. Eumenes 1,4; Arr. Anab. 7,4,6; Ath. 10,434b). In 326, E. was strategos on a military mission in north-western India and then he was the trierarch of the Indus fleet (Arr. Anab. 5,24,6, Ind. 18,7; Curt. 9,1,19). At the mass wedding in Susa in 324, E. was probably the only Greek…

(Εὐλαῖος). [English version] [1] ein Hauptfluß der Landschaft Susiana Einer der Hauptflüsse der Landschaft Susiana (Arr. an. 7,7; Diod. 19,19,1; Plut. Eumenes 14; Strab. 15,3,4; 22; Plin. nat. 6,100; 31,35 u.ö.), an dem auch die Metropole Susa lag, die in hell. Zeit als griech. Polis unter dem Namen Σελεύκεια ἡ πρὸς τῷ Εὐλαίῳ erscheint. Zwar steht fest, daß der Name E. nach dem in mesopot. und biblischen Zeugnissen erscheinenden Flußnamen Ulaï gebildet wurde, Identifizierungen des E. und der anderen aus der ant. Überlieferung bekannten Flüsse der Susiana (Choaspes…

(Πολεμαῖος). [English version] [1] Makedonischer Heerführer um 300 v. Chr. (in den Hss. auch Ptolemaios und Polemon; richtig aber P., IG II2 469 und IK 28,2). Sohn eines P., Makedone, Neffe des Antigonos [1]. P. war verm. bereits unter Alexandros [4] d.Gr. Offizier im maked. Heer, evtl. sōmatophýlax (Hoftitel B.) des Philippos Arridaios [4] (Arr. succ. 1,38). Er ging 319 v. Chr. als Geisel des Antigonos [1] zu Eumenes [1] (Plut. Eumenes 10), wurde 314 als General nach Kappadokia und zur Sicherung des Hellespontos ausgeschickt (Diod. 19,57,4;…

(Πάτροκλος, auch Πατροκλῆς; lat. Patroclus). [English version] [1] Gefährte des Achilleus Sohn des Menoitios [1] aus Opus (Hom. Il. 11,814; der Name der Mutter bei Homer nicht genannt, Varianten bei Apollod. 3,176), bester Freund des Achilleus [1]. In seiner Kindheit tötet P. aus Zorn beim Würfeln einen Spielkameraden, worauf er nach Phthia zu Peleus flieht, der ihn dem Achilleus zum Gefährten gibt (Hom. Il. 23,85-90; Hellanikos FGrH 4 F 145; Apollod. 3,176). Nach Pind. O. 9,70-79 kämpft P. schon vor dem e…

(Ἐχεκράτης). [English version] [1] Thessalischer Kondottiere Ptolemaios' IV. um 217 v. Chr. Thessalischer Kondottiere Ptolemaios' IV., der durch die Ausbildung des Heeres und speziell der Reiterei wesentlich zum Sieg bei Raphia 217 v.Chr. beitrug. In der Schlacht kommandierte er die Reiterei des rechten Flügels. Eine anekdotisch gefärbte Darstellung der Schlacht ist bei Diod. 16,26,6 überliefert. PP 2, 2161. Ameling, Walter (Jena) [English version] [2] aus Phleius, Pythagoreer Pythagoreer aus Phleius, zusammen mit den ebenfalls aus Phleius stammenden Phanton, P…

(Νικοκρέων). [English version] [1] Verschwörer gegen Euagoras, um 375 v.Chr. Verschwor sich gegen Euagoras [1], den König von Salamis auf Kypros (Theopompos FGrH 115 F 103,12), blieb erfolglos und mußte fliehen (um 375 v.Chr.). N.s Tochter wurde die Geliebte des Euagoras und des Thronfolgers Pnytagoras. Nach [1. 99-101] entstammte dieser Verbindung der spätere König Pnytagoras II., dessen Sohn Nikokreon [2] war. Dreyer, Boris (Göttingen) Bibliography 1 Beloch, GG 4,2 2 LGPN 1, 335, Nr. 1. [English version] [2] Stadtkönig von Salamis auf Kypros, 332/1 v.Chr. Sohn des Pnytagor…

(Μυρμιδών, “Ameise”). [English version] [1] Stammvater der Myrmidonen Eponymer Stammvater des homer. Volkes der Myrmidones (Hellanikos FHG 1 F 17); Sohn der Eurymedusa, den Zeus in der Gestalt einer Ameise mit ihr zeugt (Eratosth. bei Serv. Aen. 2,7; Clem. Al. protreptikos 34). M. zeugt mit seiner Gattin Peisidike, der Tochter des Aiolos, Antiphos und Aktor (Apollod. 1,52) und den gefräßigen Erysichthon (Hellanikos l.c.). Frey, Alexandra (Basel) [English version] [2] mil. Funktionsträger unter Ptolemaios I., 315 v.Chr Athener, von Ptolemaios I. 315 v.Chr. mit 10000 Sold…

(Ἱππομέδων). [English version] [1] einer der Sieben gegen Theben Einer der Sieben gegen Theben, Bruder oder Neffe des Adrastos [1], aus Lerna, riesengestaltiger Held. Bei Aischylos (Sept. 486ff.) steht er gegen Hyperbios am Onkaischen, bei Euripides (Phoen. 1113ff.; 119ff.) am Ogygischen Stadttor und an der Heeresspitze. Das Motiv seines Schildes ist Typhon bzw. Argos [II]. Euripides (Suppl. 881ff.) zeichnet ihn als einen auf das Physische begrenzten Krieger. Bei Statius siegt er im Diskuswettkampf (Theb…

(λόχος). [English version] [1] mil. Einheit Der l. ist als mil. Einheit in vielen griech. Heeren belegt, wobei die Größe schwankt; Befehlshaber der lóchoi waren allgemein die Lochagen. Bei Mantineia 418 v.Chr. kämpften auf spartanischer Seite 7 l., die wohl jeweils 512 Mann stark waren (Thuk. 5,68,3; vgl. Hdt. 9,53,2f.; 9,57,1f.); im 4. Jh.v.Chr. verfügte Sparta über zwölf l. (Xen. hell. 7,5,10). Auch die boiot. Fußtruppen, die táxeis ( táxis ) der Athener und Söldnerheere waren in l. unterteilt (Thuk. 4,91; Xen. hell. 6,4,13; Xen. an. 1,2,25; 4,8,15; Plut. Dion 45,6). …

(Ἀντιγόνη). [English version] [1] Tochter des Thessalers Pheres Tochter des Thessalers Pheres und Mutter des Argonauten Asterion (Hyg. fab. 14,1). Harder, Ruth Elisabeth (Zürich) [English version] [2] Tochter des Königs Eurytion von Phthia Tochter des Königs Eurytion von Phthia, Gattin des Peleus, mit dem sie eine Tochter Polydora hat (Pherek. FGrH 3 F 61a). Peleus tötet aus Versehen Eurytion und flieht deshalb nach Iolkos zu Akastos, der ihn entsühnt. Dessen Frau Astydameia versucht ihn vergeblich für sich zu gewinnen und schi…

(Λεύκιος). [English version] [1] Römer im ptolemaischen Heer L. (= Lucius), Sohn des Gaius, Römer, ptolem. phrúrarchos auf Itanos (zw. 221-209 v.Chr.), damit der erste bisher bekannte Römer, der einen höheren Rang im ptolem. Heer bekleidete. PP VI 15117. Ameling, Walter (Jena) [English version] [2] L. Charinos vorgeblicher Verf. apokrypher Apostelgeschichten Vorgeblicher Verf. apokrypher Apostelgeschichten. Als solcher erscheint L. singulär mit Doppelnamen Mitte des 9. Jh. bei Photios (Bibl. cod. 114), der ihm die Abfassung der fünf großen alt…

(Φιλάμμων). [English version] [1] Sänger und Leierspieler Aus Delphi stammender mythischer Sänger und Leierspieler, Sohn Apollons (Pherekydes von Athen FGrH 3 F 120); als Mutter werden Philonis (ebd.), Chione [2] (Ov. met. 11,316f.) oder Leukonoe [1] (Hyg. fab. 161) genannt, Söhne sind - neben anderen genealogischen Ansätzen - Thamyris (Eur. Rhes. 916; 925) und Eumolpos (Theokr. 24,108). In Delphi soll Ph. Jungfrauenchöre (Pherekydes l.c.) sowie Chöre im Tempel eingeführt haben (Plut. de musica 3) und …

[English version] [1] Amt im röm. Ägypten Amt im röm. Ägypten, zuerst 2 n. Chr. belegt (OGIS 202), aber vielleicht mit ptolemäischen Vorbildern. Ein Kollegium von A. war Mitte des 2. Jh. für die Erhebung der Einfuhrsteuer in Koptos zuständig (SB 18,13167, vers. 2,11 ff.). Unklar ist die Aufgabenteilung mit dem παραλήμπτης τῆς Ἐρύθρας θαλάσσης, doch zeigt OGIS 202 das Nebeneinander der Ämter. Der A. war auch für den Einzug der Straßengebühren auf der Straße von Koptos zum Roten Meer zuständig (OGIS 674 …

(Γανυμήδης, etr. Catmite, lat. neben G. auch Catamitus). [English version] [1] Mundschenk des Zeus Im griech. Mythos (Hauptquelle: Hom. Il. 20,231-235) Sohn des Dardanerkönigs Tros (Ilias parva 29,4 PEG I: Sohn des Laomedon), als schönster der Menschen auf den Olymp entführt, um dort in ewiger Jugend dem Zeus als Mundschenk zu dienen und die Götter mit seiner Schönheit zu erfreuen. Die Entführung geschieht entweder durch einen Sturmwind (Hom. h. 5,202), durch Iris (so in der bildenden Kunst, möglicherweise sc…

[English version] [1] Sohn Ptolemaios' I. (Ἀργαῖος). Sohn Ptolemaios' I. (und der Eurydike?); von Ptolemaios II. (wegen einer Verschwörung?) nach 282 v. Chr. ermordet. PP 6, 14489. Ameling, Walter (Jena) Bibliography C. Habicht, Argaeus, Ptolemy II. and Alexander's corpse, AHB 2,4, 1988, 88-89. [English version] [2] Vulkanmassiv in Kappadokien (Ἀργαῖος, auch Ἀργαῖον ὄρος). Erciyes Daǧı, höchstes Vulkanmassiv in Kappadokia (3917 m) südl. Kayseri. Gleichnamiger Vulkankegel (h. Hasan Daǧı) in Südwestkappadokia (3268 m). Strobel, Karl (Klagenfurt) Bibliography F. Hild, M. R…

(Ἀνδρόμαχος). [English version] [1] Inhaber einer doreá in Ägypten (Mitte 3. Jh. v. Chr.) Zwischen 253 und 249 v. Chr. in Ägypten als Inhaber einer δωρεά von 10 000 Arurai bezeugt. “Vater” des Ptolemaios Andromachu (?) [1]. Ameling, Walter (Jena) [English version] [2] Stratege Syriens und Phoinikiens (Ende 3. Jh. v. Chr.) Aspendier, befehligte 217 v. Chr. bei Raphia die Phalanx, anschließend Stratege Syriens und Phoinikiens. PP 2, 2150. Ameling, Walter (Jena) [English version] [3] Ptolemäischer Beamter (1.H. 2. Jh. v. Chr.) Sohn der Eirene, Enkel des Ptolemaios Agesarchu; ca.…

(Λεοντίσκος). [English version] [1] Olympiasieger aus Messana aus Messana (Sizilien). Zweifacher Olympiasieger im Ringen (456, 452 v.Chr.) [1]. Seine Kämpfe gewann er (ähnlich wie der Pankratiast Sostratos) durch Fingerbrechen (Paus. 6,4,3). Seine Siegerstatue in Olympia stammt von Pythagoras aus Rhegion [2]. Decker, Wolfgang (Köln) Bibliography 1 L. Moretti, Olympionikai, 1957, Nr. 271, 285 2 H.-V. Herrmann, Die Siegerstatuen von Olympia, in: Nikephoros 1, 1988, 154, Nr. 40. [English version] [2] Sohn Ptolemaios' I., Ende 4. Jh. v. Chr. Sohn Ptolemaios' I. und der Thais…