Anaxenor (Kitharöde)
Anaxenor ( Greek Ἀναξήνωρ ) was a in the 1st century BC. Famous kitharden from magnesia living on the meander .
Anaxenor was a confidante of the triumvir Mark Antony when he was in the late 1940s and 1930s BC. BC ruled the eastern part of the Roman Empire . Antonius made Anaxenor the tax collector of four cities and provided him with his own troop department for this purpose. Anaxenor was honored by his hometown by placing a bronze statue in the theater with a preserved inscription, and also by a portrait in the agora that showed him in purple as the priest of Zeus Sosipolis (ie "city savior").
literature
- Helmut Halfmann : Marcus Antonius . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-21727-4 , p. 118.
- Elimar Klebs : Anaxenor 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2081.
Remarks
- ↑ Otto Kern : The inscriptions of Magnesia on the Maeander . Berlin 1900, No. 129 = Wilhelm Dittenberger : Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum (SIG), 3rd edition, No. 766.
- ↑ Strabon , Geographika 14, 1, 41, p. 648; Plutarch , Antonius 24, 2.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anaxenor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀναξήνωρ (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek Kitharöde |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magnesia on the meander |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |