Pelops (son of Pelops)

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Pelops ( Greek  Πέλοψ ), also Pelopos ( Πέλοπος ), was in the 3rd century BC. An officer of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt , who already served his father of the same name as an officer.

Under King Ptolemy III. Pelops had held a public office in Cyrene , perhaps even here that of governor (libyarches) . From 217 B.C. He finally officiated under Ptolemy IV. As governor of Cyprus , as he is mentioned in three inscriptions discovered on the island. He is the first Ptolemaic governor, who is also attested in inscriptions here. He is in this position until shortly after the birth of Ptolemy V on October 9, 209 BC. Occupied. Probably by the spring of 203 BC he had Ruled on the island until shortly after the death of Ptolemy IV and the murder of Arsinoë III. by Sosibios and Agathocles , who had now taken over the reign of Ptolemy V. Apparently Pelops had been in opposition to them, at least around this time he was appointed by Agathocles as envoy to Antiochus III. recalled to Syria to be removed from court in Alexandria . After that no more certificates are known from him; in Cyprus, Polykrates of Argos was installed as governor.

Pelops was married to Myrsine, who erected a statue in the temple of Aphrodite at Palaia Paphos in honor of her husband's services to the “father-loving” royal couple (Ptolemy IV and Arsinoë III). According to the name of her father Hyperbassas, she was of oriental origin. Her sister Iamneia is 243/242 BC. In the dignity of the "basket-bearer" (kanēphóros) of the "sibling goddess " / Arsinoë II. And 196/195 BC Chr. In that of the "crown wearer" (athlophoros) the "benefactor goddess " / Berenike II. Attested. Pelops and Myrsine had a son named Ptolemy.

literature

  • Terence Bruce Mitford : Ptolemy Son of Pelops. In: The Journal of Egyptian Archeology. (JEA) 1960, Vol. 46, pp. 109-111.

Remarks

  1. ^ Terence Bruce Mitford: The Hellenistic Inscriptions of Old Paphos. In: The Annual of the British School at Athens. Volume 56, 1961, p. 15, No. 39 .
  2. ^ Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum (SEG). No. 18, p. 734.
  3. ^ Christian Blinkenberg : Lindos. Fouilles et recherches 1902–1914. Volume 2: Inscriptions. De Gruyter, Berlin 1941, No. 139.
  4. ↑ Polybios , Historiai 15:25, 13.
  5. ^ Terence Bruce Mitford: The Hellenistic Inscriptions of Old Paphos. In: The Annual of the British School at Athens. Volume 56, 1961, p. 15, No. 39.
  6. ^ Terence B. Mitford under Gerald A. Wainwright: Keftiu. In: The Journal of Egyptian Archeology (JEA). Volume 17, 1931, pp. 31-32.
personal data
SURNAME Pelops
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Πέλοψ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor of the Ptolemies in Cyprus
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.