Euphronios (teacher)

Euphronios († after 30 BC) was after Plutarch the teacher of the children of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII and the Roman triumvir Marcus Antonius .

After Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC After they had lost the battle of Actium against Octavian in the next year, they are said to have sent peace embassies to the victor, who was advancing against Egypt. The related reports by Plutarch and Cassius Dio are unreliable due to the Octavian propaganda they have recorded and colored to the disadvantage of the losing side. After Plutarch, Euphronios was sent as head of the delegation to Octavian, because Antonius and Cleopatra would not have had any other trustworthy people around them due to multiple betrayals and apostasy. Cassius Dio even speaks of three embassies to Octavian, but does not mention Euphronios by name.

literature

Arthur Stein : Euphronios 2). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Col. 1220.
Christoph Schäfer : Cleopatra . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2006, ISBN 3-534-15418-5 , pp. 235 .

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b Plutarch , Antonius 72, 1.
^ Cassius Dio 51, 6, 4-6 and 51, 8, 1-4.

personal data
SURNAME	Euphronios
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Teacher to the children of Cleopatra VII and Marcus Antonius
DATE OF BIRTH	1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 30 BC Chr.

[Plutarch-1] Plutarch , Antonius 72, 1.

[2] Cassius Dio 51, 6, 4-6 and 51, 8, 1-4.