Apollophanes

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Apollophanes is also a spider genus (Philodromidae).

Silver drachm of king Apollophanes (r. 35-25 BCE).
Obv: Helmeted bust of king. Greek legend: BASILEOS SOTIROS APOLLOPHANOU "Saviour king Apollophanes".
Rev: Pallas with aegis and thunderbolt. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA TRATARASA APALAVINASA "Saviour king Apollophanes".

[edit] Osmund Bopearachchi

Bopearachchi's Apollophanes (reigned circa 35 BCE - 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern Punjab in modern Pakistan. Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining coins.

He was one of the last Indo-Greek kings, and probably fought against the invasions of the Indo-Scythians.

[edit] Sir W.W. Tarn

Sir Tarn dates Apollophanes to about 70 BCE, classing him alongside Apollodotus II, Zoilos II, and Dionysios as sub-kings or successors of Strato I.

[edit] Prof. Ahmad Hasan Dani

Professor Dani dates Apollophanes much earlier then Bopearachchi as well as Tarn, between the years 100 and 85 BCE, making him the ruler of the Swat and Dir Valleys in Pakistan. He also considers him a successor of Dionysios (115-100 BCE), a predecessor of Theophilus (95-80 BCE), and a contemporary of Zoilos (100-80 BCE) and Artemidoros (100-80 BCE), though he also sets apart Peukalos and Telephus as his contemporaries in a separate 'Western' dynasty

[edit] Dr. A.K. Narain

Dr. Narain, like Professor Dani, also dates Apollophanes much earlier then Bopearachchi and even Tarn; between 95-80 BCE.

[edit] See also

• Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
• Seleucid Empire
• Greco-Buddhism
• Indo-Scythians
• Indo-Parthian Kingdom
• Kushan Empire

[edit] References

• "The Greeks in Bactria and India", W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.
• "The Bactrian and Indus Greeks", Prof. Ahmed Hasan Dani, Lahore Museum
• "The Indo-Greeks - Revisited and Supplemented", Dr. A.K. Narain, BR Publishing Corporation
• "Monnaies Gréco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques", Osmund Bopearachchi, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.