Polydoros from Pherai

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Polydoros ( Greek: Πολύδωρος ; † 370 BC ) was a tyrant of Pherai in Thessaly .

Polydorus was a brother of the tyrant Jason , whom he was after his murder in 370 BC. BC followed with his third brother Polyphron in the tyranny as well as in the office of the Tagos of Thessaly. It is rumored that Polydoros himself was implicated in the murder of his brother. In the same year he was murdered in his sleep during a tour of Larisa by Polyphron, who was thus able to assume sole rule.

Polydorus was probably the father of Alexandros , who murdered Polyphron only a year later in order to avenge him.

literature

  • Slawomir Sprawski: Jason of Pherae: A Study on History of Thessaly in Years 431-370 BC , 1999.
  • Hans Volkmann : Polydoros 5). In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, column 994.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Diodorus 15, 60, 5.
  2. ↑ Xenophon , Hellenika 6, 4, 33; Diodorus 15, 61, 2.
  3. ↑ Xenophon, Hellenika 6, 4, 34.
personal data
SURNAME Polydoros from Pherai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Thessalian ruler
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 370 BC Chr.