Gorgippus

Gorgippus
Gorgippus
King of Bosporus
Reign	389–349 BCE
Predecessor	Satyrus I
Successor	Spartocus II and Paerisades I
King of Sindoi
Reign	389–349 BCE
Predecessor	Hecataeus
Successor	Comosarye I
Born	c. 410 BCE; Bosporan Kingdom
Died	349 BCE (aged 40+); Bosporan Kingdom
Issue	Comosarye I; Satyrus III; Ambrocus(?);
House	Spartocid
Father	Satyrus I

Gorgippus (Ancient Greek: Γοργιππος, romanized: Gorgippos) was a son of Satyrus I^[1] and was a Spartocid joint ruler with his brother Leucon (389–349 BCE) of the Bosporan Kingdom.^[2] He situated himself on the Asiatic side of the kingdom, in Gorgippia where he ruled until, presumably, his death in 349 BCE.

^ Polyaenus. Strategems 55.1. Satyrus died in the midst of an unsuccessful war; leaving his son Gorgippus to succeed him in the throne.
^ Kinzl, Konrad H. (11 January 2010). A Companion to the Classical Greek World. Wiley. p. 145. ISBN 9781444334128. Retrieved 26 January 2017. Although Satyros seems to have been succeeded jointly by his sons Leukon I and Gorgippos...