Satyrus I

Satyros I
King of the Bosporan Kingdom
Reigncirca. 432-389
PredecessorSpartocus I
SuccessorGorgippus I and Leucon I
Borncirca. 470 BC
Panticapaeum
Died389 BC (aged 81)
Bosporan Kingdom
ConsortUnknown
Issue
  • Leucon I
  • Gorgippus I
  • Metrodoros
  • Unnamed daughter
GreekΣάτυρος
HouseSpartocid
FatherSpartocus I
MotherUnknown
ReligionGreek Polytheism

Satyrus I (Σάτυρος, died 389 BC) was the Spartocid ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom from 432 BC to 389 BC.[1] During his rule he built upon the expansive foreign policy of his father, Spartocus I. He conquered Nymphaion, became involved in the political developments of the neighbouring Sindike kingdom and laid siege to the city of Theodosia,[2] which was a serious commercial rival because of its ice-free port and proximity to the grain fields of eastern Crimea.

He presided over a strengthening of ties with Athens, and at one point possibly had a statue raised in his honour in the city.[3][4] He was also the father of Leucon and Gorgippus, who expanded their realm into a powerful kingdom.

  1. ^ Gaudukevich, V. F. (1979). "Bosporskoe tsarstvo". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3rd Edition). Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  2. ^ Trofimova, Anna A. (2007). Greeks on the Black Sea: ancient art from the Hermitage. Los Angeles, USA: Getty Publications. pp. 11–12. ISBN 9780892368839.
  3. ^ Dinarchus. Against Demosthenes. Cambridge MA (USA): Harvard University Press. p. 1.43.
  4. ^ Gardiner-Garden, John R. (1986). "Fourth Century Conceptions of Maiotian Ethnography". Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte. 35 (2): 193. JSTOR 4435962.