Eubulus (banker)

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Euboulos (or Eubulus) was from Bithynia, a region on the south shore of the Black Sea. Through his banking prowess, he became ruler of Atarneus in Aiolis (Aeolis) in Asia Minor. He is most famous for his connection to his slave Hermias, who inherited the position of ruler of the city. It was Hermias who invited Xenocrates and Aristotle to his court, and later became Aristotle's father-in-law.

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• Diogenes Laertius, Life of Aristotle. Translated by C.D. Yonge.
• Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists, Book XV, 696a.