- Opramoas
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Opramoas was an important civic benefactor in the 2nd century CE. He is the best known ancient euerget. He was a magnate from the small Lycian town of Rhodiapolis (south Asia Minor, in modern Turkey). His activities are recorded in extensive Greek inscriptions on the walls of his mausoleum at Rhodiapolis[1][2].
References
- ^ A. Balland, Fouilles de Xanthos vol. 7, Paris 1981, pp. 173-224
- ^ E. Kalinka, Tituli Asiae Minoris vol. 2,3, Vienna 1944, no. 905; better edition by C. Kokkinia, Die Opramoas-Inschrift von Rhodiapolis. Euergetismus und Sociale Elite in Lykien, Bonn 2000 (with German translation); see a review of this book, in English, by A. D'Hautcourt, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.09.06
Categories:- 2nd-century Greek people
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