Euthydemus I.

Coin of Euthydemus I.

Euthydemos I was a king of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom , who lived from about 235 to 200 BC. Ruled. It originally came from Magnesia , although it remains unclear from which city this name really came. Euthydemus I seems to have destroyed his predecessor by force, but little is known about his reign until Antiochus III. him in 206 BC Attacked and tried to reintegrate the former province into the Seleucid Empire . The following war lasted three years and even the capital Bactra was besieged. Antiochus III. remained unsuccessful, however, and there were then peace negotiations, in the course of which Euthydemus' I son Demetrios even a daughter of Antiochus III. should marry.

Perhaps from the area around Ai Khanoum there is an altar for Hestia on which the goddess is asked to protect the king and his son Demetrios.

Euthydemus I is otherwise mainly known for his coins, which show a young man on the one hand and an older man on the other. This may indicate a longer reign, but it has also been suggested that there were two kings with this name.

swell

Polybios X, 49, XII, 34

literature

Pierre Leriche, Franz Grenet: Bactria . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica , as of December 15, 1988, accessed on June 9, 2011 (English, including references)
Galina A. Pugachenkova , Edward V. Rtveladze: BUKHARA v. Archeology and Monuments . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica , accessed on June 9, 2011 (English, including references)
Albert de Jong: Hermes . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica , as of December 15, 2003, accessed on June 9, 2011 (English, including references)

Web links

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Individual evidence

^ Paul Bernard: The Greek Colony at Aϊ Khanum and Hellenism in Central Asia. In: Fredrik Hiebert, Pierre Cambon (Ed.): Afghanistan. Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul. National Geographic, Washington DC 2008, ISBN 978-1-4262-0295-7 , pp. 81–129, here p. 96.

predecessor	Office	successor
Diodotos II	Greco-Bactrian King 235–200 BC Chr.	Demetrios I.

personal data
SURNAME	Euthydemus I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 200 BC Chr.

[1] Paul Bernard: The Greek Colony at Aϊ Khanum and Hellenism in Central Asia. In: Fredrik Hiebert, Pierre Cambon (Ed.): Afghanistan. Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul. National Geographic, Washington DC 2008, ISBN 978-1-4262-0295-7 , pp. 81–129, here p. 96.