Scopades

The Skopaden ( Greek Σκοπάδαι Skopádai ) were an ancient Greek family that, along with the Aleuads, belonged to the ancient dynasties of Thessaly . During the 6th century BC they ruled the city of Krannon .

The progenitor of the dynasty was Skopas I , who also served as the highest general ( tagos ) of the Thessalian League. With his grandson of the same name, who died after a roof collapsed, the dynasty died around the years 520 to 515 BC. In the male line, while his descendants continued through his granddaughter Dyseris in the "Echekratiden", which were probably a side branch of the Aleuads.

family tree

Skopas I.

Echekratia
(daughter of Echekratides I.

Creon

Diaktorides

Echekratides II.
(Son or grandson of Echekratides I.)

Dyseris

Skopas II.

	supporting documents	Remarks
Skopas I.	Xenophon , Hellenica 6, 1, 19. Athenaios 10, 438c. Plato , Protagoras 339a.
Creon	Scholion on the idylls of Theocritus 16, 36. Athenaios 10, 438c. Plato, Protagoras 339a.	Except for his fatherhood to Skopas II, he is not known any further.
Diaktorides	Herodotus 6, 127.	"... the Krannonian, from the family of the Scopades", was one of the suitors around the daughter of Kleisthenes of Sicyon . Is attributed to Skopas I as the second son.
Skopas II.	Scholion on the idylls of Theokritos 16, 34–36. Athenaios 10, 438c. Cicero , de oratore 2, 352-353. Quintilian 11, 2, 14.
Dyseris	Scholion on the idylls of Theokritos 16, 34. Epigram of Anacreon in Anthologia Palatina 6, 136. Aelius Aristides , Orationes 31, 2 = Simonides , in: PMG F528.	Wife of Echekratides II, her cousin or uncle. Their son Antiochus died when the roof collapsed.

literature

DL Page (Ed.): Poetae Melici Graeci (PMG). Oxford 1962.
CM Bowra: Simonides and Scopas. In: Classical Philology. Vol. 29 (1934), pp. 230-239.
JS Morrison: Meno of Pharsalus, Polycrates, and Ismenias. In: The Classical Quarterly. Vol. 36 (1942), pp. 57-78.
RJ Buck: The Formation of the Boeotian League. In: Classical Philology. Vol. 67 (1972), pp. 94-101.