Mikythos
Mikythos (Μίκυθος) was a Greek from the family of the tyrant Anaxilaos of Rhegion .
After the death of Anaxilaos around the year 476 BC. Mikythos, son of the Choiros, was governor (ἐπίτροπος) of Rhegion for nine years on behalf of Anaxilaos' underage sons. He assisted the Tarentines in their battles against Iaphygian tribes at great losses . After his governorship, he passed his powers on to the sons of Anaxilaos, probably at the urging of Hieron I of Syracuse , and went to Tegea in Arcadia . For the rescue of his seriously ill son, he donated numerous consecration gifts in Olympia on the basis of a vow .
literature
- Barbara Patzek : Mikythos. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 8, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01478-9 , column 163.
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Mikythos |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Μίκυθος |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek from the family of the tyrant Anaxilaos of Rhegion |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC Chr. |