Potamon (son of Aegyptus)

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Potamon ( Greek  Ποταμῶν ; 2nd to 1st century BC), son of Aegyptus, was an official of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt in Cyprus .

From the union (koinon) of the Cypriot cities Potamon became between the years 105 and 95 BC. Honored as a "meritorious citizen" of the city of Paphos by placing a statue. Between the years 95 and 88 BC A second statue was erected for him, in whose dedication he is listed with the offices of an antistrategist of Cyprus, administrator of the copper mines and head of the school (gymnasiarchos) of his hometown. The title of the antistrategos shows him as the deputy of the governor (strategos) of the Ptolemies in Cyprus, although it is unclear who held the governorship during his lifetime. The rule of the island was at that time between the brothers Ptolemy IX. and Ptolemy X. competitive.

literature

  • TB Mitford: The Hellenistic Inscriptions of Old Paphos. In: The Annual of the British School at Athens , Vol. 56 (1961), pp. 1-41.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Mitford (1961), p. 37, No. 99 ( PHI Greek Inscriptions ).
  2. ↑ Mitford (1961), pp. 39-40, No. 107 ( PHI Greek Inscriptions ).
personal data
SURNAME Potamon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION deputy governor of the Ptolemies of Cyprus
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century BC Chr.