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Philetaerus:
ruler of Pergamon (283-263), founder of the Attalid
dynasty.
Relatives:
- Father: Attalus, a Macedonian
- Mother: Boa, a Paphlagonian
Main deeds:
- c.340:
Birth of Philetaerus
- As
a eunuch, was commander of Pergamon, and responsible for a
treasury of 9,000 talents.
- After
302 and the battle
of Ipsus (301), he was loyal to Lysimachus.
- In
the court intrigue that plagued Lysimachus in 283 (text),
Philetaerus sided with Lysandra, wife of Lysimachus' executed son
Agathocles; they fled to Seleucus
in Babylon.
- Late
282: Seleucus invades Lysimachus' Asian possessions.
- February
281: Seleucus defeats Lysimachus at Corupedium;
Philetaerus restored.
- Summer
281: Seleucus assassinated by Ptolemy
Keraunos; Philetaerus pays for the dead body and sends the
remains to Seleucia,
where Seleucus' son Antiochus
inters them.
- Philetaerus
remains loyal to the House
of Seleucus and is lord of Pergamon and the valley of the
Caicus. He also gains influence in the Greek world.
- He
adopts his nephews Attalus and Eumenes.
- 263:
Death. He received divine honors as Euergetes
('benefactor')
Succeeded by: Eumenes
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