Aetos I.

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Aetos I ( Greek  Ἀετός ), son of Apollonios, was a Greek official in the service of the Egyptian kings from the Ptolemaic dynasty during the 3rd century BC.

He came from Aspendos and served King Ptolemy II as strategos of the province of Cilicia , which at that time belonged to Ptolemaic Egypt . Here he founded between the years 270 and 260 BC. The Polis Arsinoe , which was dedicated to Queen Arsinoë II . Aetos had expelled the “barbarians” who had previously settled there and forced the Nagidos polis , of which he was an honorary citizen, to cede their public land to the new polis. In addition, he initiated the construction of a city archive in Arsinoe.

The background to this city foundation is handed down in a message sent to the archons of Arsinoe from Aetos' son and successor in office, Thraseas . It was left on a limestone stele discovered in 1979, which can be seen in the Mersin Museum .

Aetos was probably identical with the eponymous priest of the same name of Alexander raised to god and the Theoi Adelphoi ( Ptolemaic Alexander cult ), who was born in 253/252 BC. Is mentioned. Several of his descendants were still in the service of the Ptolemies. The priest Aetos , who is named on the rosette stone , was in all probability his grandson.

The Aetos family:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Apollonios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Aetos I
governor in Cilicia Priest of
Alexander
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thraseas
governor in Cilicia and Koile Syria
 
 
 
 
 
 Aetos II
mercenary leader
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ptolemy
governor in Koile Syria
 
 Apollonios
governor in Koile Syria
 
 Thraseas
 
 Aetos III.
Governor in Cilicia Priest of
Alexander

literature

  • CP Jones and Christian Habicht : A Hellenistic Inscription from Arsinoe in Cilicia . In Phoenix . Volume 43, 1989.
  • Ilona Opelt , Ernst Kirsten : A document of the foundation of Arsinoe in Cilicia . In: Journal of Papyrology and Epigraphy . Volume 77, 1989, pp. 55-66 ( PDF; 713 kB ; translation of the stele by Mersin).
  • Joshua D. Sosin: P.Duk.inv. 677: Aetos, from Arsinoite Strategos to Eponymous Priest . In: Journal of Papyrology and Epigraphy . Volume 116, 1997, pp. 141-146 ( PDF; 1.2 MB ).

References and comments

  1. ^ Prosopographia Ptolemaica IX 4988
  2. ↑ Theoi Adelphoi (Ptolemy II and Arsinoë II)
personal data
SURNAME Aetos I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ἀετός
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Strategist of Cilicia, priest of Alexander and the Ptolemies
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC Chr.