Gorgippos

Gorgippos
Gorgippos
King of Bosporus
Reign	389-349 BC
Predecessor	Satyros I
Successor	Spartokos II and Paerisades I
King of Sindoi
Reign	389-349 BC
Predecessor	Hekataios
Successor	Komosarye I
Born	circa. 410 BC; Bosporan Kingdom
Died	349 BC (aged 40+); Bosporan Kingdom
Issue	Komosarye I; Satyros III; Ambrocus(?);
House	Spartocid
Father	Satyros I

Gorgippos I or Gorgippus (Greek: Γοργιππος) was a son of Satyros I[1] and was a Spartocid joint ruler with his brother Leukon (389 - 349 BC) of the Bosporan Kingdom.[2] He situated himself on the Asiatic side of the kingdom, in Gorgippia where he presumably ruled until his death in 349 BC.

Wars of Expansion

Gorgippos was a prominent figure of the Bosporan Wars of Expansion, having been the joint-ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom alongside his brother Leukon upon the death of their father Satyros I. He also seems to have ended the war his father had unsuccessfully began with queen Tirgatao of the Maeotians, who had been wronged by Satyros earlier on in diplomatic relations with Hekataios.[3] Additionally, he seems to have renamed Sindia, the capital of the Sindike Kingdom, to Gorgippia, after himself.[4]

Gorgippos was described by the Athenians as a "detested tyrant", including Paerisades I, and Satyros I[5] in an oral argument against Demosthenes, the famed Athenian orator, as well as for having statues due to his grandfather's relation with the Spartocids, and the annual thousand bushels.[6]

Gorgippos's daughter of possible Sindian descent, Komosarye, would later marry her cousin Paerisades I, a son of Leukon and later ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom.[7]

References

Polyaenus. Strategems 55.1. Satyrus died in the midst of an unsuccessful war; leaving his son Gorgippus to succeed him in the throne.
Kinzl, Konrad H. (11 January 2010). A Companion to the Classical Greek World. Wiley. p. 145. ISBN 9781444334128. Retrieved 26 January 2017. Although Satyros seems to have been succeeded jointly by his sons Leukon I and Gorgippos...
Polyaenus. Strategems 55.1. He renounced his father's proceedings, and sued for peace, which she granted on payment of a tribute, and put and end to the war.
Brill Reference. and was officially named after the Spartocid Gorgippus after its integration into the Bosporus Kingdom.
Against Demosthenes. Was it for nothing he procured brazen statues to Berisades and Satyrus, and Gorgippus, those detested tyrants
Against Demosthenes. from whom he annually receives a thousand bushels of corn,
D. E. W. Wormell (1946). "Studies in Greek tyranny—II. Leucon of Bosporus". Hermathena (68): 49–71. JSTOR 23037564. when the joining of the two nations had been symbolized in the marriage of Comosarye and Paerisades, he took the title "king of sindi"

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[1] Polyaenus. Strategems 55.1. Satyrus died in the midst of an unsuccessful war; leaving his son Gorgippus to succeed him in the throne.

[2] Kinzl, Konrad H. (11 January 2010). A Companion to the Classical Greek World. Wiley. p. 145. ISBN 9781444334128. Retrieved 26 January 2017. Although Satyros seems to have been succeeded jointly by his sons Leukon I and Gorgippos...

[3] Polyaenus. Strategems 55.1. He renounced his father's proceedings, and sued for peace, which she granted on payment of a tribute, and put and end to the war.

[4] Brill Reference. and was officially named after the Spartocid Gorgippus after its integration into the Bosporus Kingdom.

[5] Against Demosthenes. Was it for nothing he procured brazen statues to Berisades and Satyrus, and Gorgippus, those detested tyrants

[6] Against Demosthenes. from whom he annually receives a thousand bushels of corn,

[7] D. E. W. Wormell (1946). "Studies in Greek tyranny—II. Leucon of Bosporus". Hermathena (68): 49–71. JSTOR 23037564. when the joining of the two nations had been symbolized in the marriage of Comosarye and Paerisades, he took the title "king of sindi"