Philopator

Phĭlŏpător, ŏris, m., = Φιλοπάτωρ (father-loving).

• An appellation of the fourth Ptolemy of Egypt, bestowed upon him in derision, because he had murdered his father and mother, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208; Just. 29, 1, 5; Arn. 6, 193.—
• II A king of Cilicia, Tac. A. 2, 42.—
• III With a Latin ending: Phĭlŏpăter, tris, a Roman surname, Inscr. Murat. 1490, 11.

Philopatōr, oris, m. (Φιλοπάτωρ), den Vater liebend, Spottname des Vater- u. Muttermörders Ptolemäus IV., Plin. 7, 208. Iustin. 29, 1, 5. Arnob. 6, 6.

Phĭlŏpătōr, (16) ŏris, m. (Φιλοπάτωρ), qui aime son père [surnom dʼun Ptolémée, roi dʼÉgypte] : Plin. 7, 208 || nom dʼun roi de Cilicie : Tac. Ann. 2, 42.

Philopa'tor

(Φιλοπάτωρ). This name, which we find applied as an epithet or distinctive appellation to several of the kings of Syria and Egypt, appears to have been borne as a proper name by two kings of Cilicia; at least no other is mentioned either by historians or on their coins.

Philopator I.

was a son of Tarcondimotus I. In common with his father he had espoused the cause of Antony during the civil war between the latter and Octavian, but on learning the tidings of the battle of Actium, and the death of Tarcondimotus B. C. 31, he declared in favour of the conqueror. He was nevertheless deprived of his kingdom by Octavian, and we do not learn that that he was subsequently reinstated, though in B. C. 20 we find his paternal dominions restored to his brother, Tarcondimotus. (D. C. 51.2, 7, 54.9.)

Philopator Ii.

is known only from the mention by Tacitus of his death in A. D. 17. (Tac. Ann. 2.42.) Eckhel supposes him to have been a son of Tarcondimotus II., but it does not seem quite clear that he is distinct from the preceding, who may have been allowed to resume the sove-reignty after his brother's death. (See, concerning these obscure princes of Cilicia, Ecklhel, vol. iii. p. 83; Walther, ad Tac. l.c.)

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