Satyrus of Bosporus

Satyrus (died 387 BC) also known as Satyros (Greek:Σάτυρος A') was the Spartocid ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom in 431–387 BC.[1] During his rule he built upon the expansive foreign policy of his father Spartokos I. He conquered Nymphaion, became involved in the political developments of the neighboring 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]

See also

References

  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.
  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: 193. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

External links

Gaudukevich, V. F. (1979). "Bosporskoe tsarstvo". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3rd Edition). Retrieved 5 December 2011. 

Trofimova, Anna A. (2007). Greeks on the Black Sea: ancient art from the Hermitage. Los Angeles, USA: Getty Publications. pp. 11–12. 

Dinarchus. Against Demosthenes. Cambridge MA (USA): Harvard University Press. p. 1.43. 

Gardiner-Garden, John R. (1986). "Fourth Century Conceptions of Maiotian Ethnography". Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte: 193. Retrieved 5 December 2011. 


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