Oropios

Oropios ( Greek Ὀρώπιος ) was born in 324 BC. Used by Alexander the Great as a satrap in Susa for the executed Abulites . But shortly afterwards he got himself involved in a revolt and had to flee. It was replaced by koinos .

In the Liber de Morte the predecessor of the Koinos with the name "Argaeus" (Greek: Argaios , "the Argiver ") is mentioned, which is why the name "Oropios" is also assumed to be the origin of his person, which refers to one of the Greek-Macedonian Places with the name Oropos would have to refer. On the other hand, however, the mention of Dexippos speaks that Oropios did not take over the province as a member of the old governor's family, which would of course have been obvious for a native Graeco-Macedonian and therefore hardly worth mentioning. Recent observations therefore recognize that the name “Argaeus” is a misinformation and that Oropios is a native Persian who had previously been accepted into Alexander's entourage.

literature

Waldemar Heckel : Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's Empire. Blackwell, Oxford et al. 2006, ISBN 1-4051-1210-7 , p. 186.

Remarks

↑ Dexippos , The Fragments of the Greek Historians No. 100, F 8 § 6.
↑ Liber de Morte Testamentumque Alexandri Magni 121. Thus, among others, Helmut Berve pleads : The Alexander empire on a prosopographical basis. Volume 2: Prosopography. CH Beck, Munich 1926, p. 57.
^ Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. Volume 2: Books 13-15. The Successors to Alexander the Great. Translated and appendices by John C. Yardley. Commentary by Pat Wheatley and Waldemar Heckel. Clarendon Press, Oxford et al. 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-927759-9 , pp. 97-98; William W. Tarn : Alexander the Great. Volume 2: Sources and Studies. 1st paperback edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2002, ISBN 0-521-22585-X , p. 317, recognized Oropios as being identical to his predecessor Abulites.

personal data
SURNAME	Oropios
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Όρώπιος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Satrap of Susa
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.

[1] Dexippos , The Fragments of the Greek Historians No. 100, F 8 § 6.

[2] Liber de Morte Testamentumque Alexandri Magni 121. Thus, among others, Helmut Berve pleads : The Alexander empire on a prosopographical basis. Volume 2: Prosopography. CH Beck, Munich 1926, p. 57.

[3] Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. Volume 2: Books 13-15. The Successors to Alexander the Great. Translated and appendices by John C. Yardley. Commentary by Pat Wheatley and Waldemar Heckel. Clarendon Press, Oxford et al. 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-927759-9 , pp. 97-98; William W. Tarn : Alexander the Great. Volume 2: Sources and Studies. 1st paperback edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2002, ISBN 0-521-22585-X , p. 317, recognized Oropios as being identical to his predecessor Abulites.