Sopaios
| Sopaios | |
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| Born | Sopaios |
| Died | c.370 BC |
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| Occupation | Magistrate of Satyros I |
Sopaios (Greek: Σωπάιος) or Sopaeus or Sinopeus (fl. 390 BC) was a powerful Bosporan minister to Satyros I, the father of queen Theodosia, and father-in-law to Leukon I.
Sopaios was a native of the Bosporan Kingdom who held a great amount of influence over Satyros I, particularly control over large regions and Satyros's own military forces. His daughter, named Theodosia, married one of Satyros's son, one of his later to be heirs, Leukon. Sopais, as an aristocratic nobleman of the Bosporus, was able to send his son to the school of Isocrates in Athens. Sopaios, also, lived in a countryside palace of significant size, who his son(s) boasted while in Athens "I, who live in Pontus and possess so large an estate that I am even able to assist others!"
Sopaios however, suspected of treason, was arrested. The Spartocids can take away what they can easily give, and ordered the Bosporans who lived in Athens to confiscate his son's possessions and force him to return, even if it mean raising the matter with the Athenian authorities. However, Sopaios was acquitted of all his crimes and was brought again into the favor of Satyros who later allowed his son to marry Sopaios's daughter, Theodosia.
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