Calliope (queen)

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Coin of Hermaios and Calliope

Calliope ( Greek  Καλλιόπη ) was an Indo-Greek queen and wife of Hermaios , who probably lived in the first century BC. Ruled. She appears on some silver coins along with the ruler. The depiction of the wife on Indo-Greek coins is otherwise not common, so that it can be assumed that Calliope played a special role (perhaps in the marriage policy of the Indo-Greek states), but about which nothing definite can be said due to a lack of sources .

literature

  • Abodh K. Narain: The Indo-Greeks. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1957, pp. 157, 161, 162.
  • William W. Tarn: The Greeks in Bactria and India. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1951, p. 337.
personal data
SURNAME Calliope
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Queen, consort of Hermaios
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century BC Chr.