Archeptolis

Archeptolis
Portrait of god with olive wreath, Archeptolis coinage.
AllegianceAchaemenid Empire
Years of servicecirca 459 BCE to possibly around 412 BCE.[1]
RankGovernor of Magnesia on the Maeander
Magnesia is located in West and Central Asia
Magnesia
Magnesia
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Location of Magnesia on the Meander, where Archeptolis ruled.

Archeptolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχέπτολις), also Archepolis, was a Governor of Magnesia on the Maeander in Ionia for the Achaemenid Empire circa 459 BCE to possibly around 412 BCE,[1] and a son and successor of the former Athenian general Themistocles.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference DH200 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Clough, Arthur Hugh (1909). Plutarch's Lives of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides,Alcibiades, and Coriolanus, Demosthenes, and Cicero, Caesar and Antony: In the Translation Called Dryden's. P.F. Collier & Son. p. 33-34.
  3. ^ Hyland, John O. (2017). Persian Interventions: The Achaemenid Empire, Athens, and Sparta, 450−386 BCE. JHU Press. p. 22. ISBN 9781421423708.
  4. ^ KG, Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. Künker Auktion 158 - Münzen aus der Welt der Antike. Numismatischer Verlag Künker. p. 49.
  5. ^ "The history and coinage of Themistokles as lord of Ionian Magnesia ad Maeandrum and of his son and successor, Archepolis, is illustrated by among other things, coins of Magnesia." in Numismatic Literature. American Numismatic Society. 2005. p. 5.