Neoptolemus I of Epirus
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Neoptolemus I
Reign
370-357 BC
Predecessor
Successor
(married
)
Troas (married
)
Father
Religion
Neoptolemus I of Epirus
(
:
Νεοπτόλεμος Α' Ηπείρου
) (370–357 BC) was a
king of
and son of
, and father of Troas,
and Queen
. He was the maternal grandfather of
and great-grandfather of
.
He claimed he was a
descendant of the hero
and King
, while Emperor
claimed that he was a descendant of Neoptolemus.
[
]
Etymology
[
]
His name means "new war".
This was also a name of the
and the Princess Deidamia in
, and also the mythical
progenitor of the ruling dynasty of the Molossians of ancient Epirus.
Reign
[
]
On the death of Alcetas, Neoptolemus and his brother
agreed to divide the kingdom, and continued to rule their
respective portions without any interruption of the harmony between them, until the death of Neoptolemus, which,
according to
historian
, may be placed about 360 BC. The first epigraphical evidence of
the
League goes back to 370 BC under Neoptolemus.
See also
[
]
Notes
[
]
.
, 1825.
Hammond, N.G.L.
Epirus: The Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas
. Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1967.
References
[
]
i. 11. §§ 1, 3
vii. 6. § 10, xvii. 3. § 14
, Hellenismus, vol. i. p. 250
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
:
, ed. (1870).
"Neoptolemus".
.
Preceded by
with
370–357 BC
Succeeded by
rulers
(pretender)
(regent)
(regent)
with
(regent)
[
]
with
with
's attempted rule with
with
(regent)
Hellenistic rulers were preceded by
in most of their territories.
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