Dropides (Archon 645/44 BC)

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Dropides ( Greek Δρωπίδης Drōpídē ) was in the year 645/644 BC. BC Athenian archon . His name appears in the marble Parium as a date for the musician Terpandros . Practically nothing is known about his person. Presumably he was the grandfather of the archon of the same name from 593/92 BC. BC , one of Solon's companions .

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  1. ↑ Marble Parium ep. 34: ἀφ οὗ Τέρπανδρος ὁ Δερδένεος ὁ Λέσβιος τοὺς υόμους τοὺ [ς κιθ] α [ρ] ωιδ [ικ] οὺς [θαιαυλητ ..] [ἐκαινοτόμ] ησε καὶ τὴν ἔμπροσθε μουσικὴν μετέστησεν, ἔτη ΗΗΗϜΔΔΔΙ, ἄρχοντος Ἀθήνησιν Δρωπίδου.
  2. ^ Theodore John Cadoux: The Athenian Archons from Kreon to Hypsichides . In: Journal of Hellenic Studies . Volume 68, 1948, p. 90; Philostratos , Vitae sophistarum 1,16,1 .
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SURNAME Dropides
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Δρωπίδης
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Athenian Archon
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century BC BC or 7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 7th century BC Chr.