Eupolemus
- a Greek proper name, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22.
(Εὐπόλεμος).
1. One of the generals of Cassander, was sent by him in 314 B. C. to invade Caria, but was surprised and taken prisoner by Ptolemy, who commanded that province for Antigonus. (Diod. 19.68.) He must have been liberated again directly, as the next year wve find him commanding the forces left by Cassander in Greece, when he moved northward against Antigonus. (Diod. 19.77.)
2. An Aetolian, one of the commanders of the Aetolian auxiliaries, who served in the army of Flamininus against Philip, king of Macedonia, B. C. 197. (Plb. 18.2, 4.)
3. A general of the Aetolians, who defended Ambracia against the Roman army under M. Fulvius, B. C. 189. (Liv. 38.4-10.) When peace was granted to the Aetolians, he was carried off a prisoner to Rome, together with the Aetolian general-in-chief, Nicander. (Plb. 28.4.) It is not improbable that this was the same person with the preceding.
4. A citizen of Hypata in Thessaly, at the time it was subject to the Aetolian league. He was the leader of one of the parties in that city, and having induced his chief adversaries to return from exile under a promise of security, had them all put to death. (Liv. 41.25.) [E.H.B]
(Εὐπόλος.)
1. Is mentioned by Arriai and Aelian in the introductions to their works on tactics, as an author who had written on the military art; but he is otherwise unknown.
2. A Greek historian who lived previous to the Christian aera. Works
Eupolemus wrote several works on the history of the Jews, of which the following are known by their titles : 1. Περὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ Βασιλέων
(Clem. Alex. Strom. i. pp. 146, 148.) 2. Περι τῆς Ἠλίου προφητείας
(Joseph. c. Apion. 1.23) 3. Περὶ τῶν τῆς Ἀσσυρίας Ἰουδαίων.
Eupolemus not JewishIt has been supposed that Eupolemus was a Jew, but from the manner in which Josephus (l.c.) speaks of him, we must infer that he was not a Jew. Further Information
Comp. Euseb. Praep. Evang. 10.17, 30; Hieronym. de illustr. Script. 38; Chron. Alexandr. pp. 148, 214; C. G. A. Kuhlney, Eupolemi fragmenta prolegom. et commentar. instructa, Berlin, 1840, 8vo. [L.S]
(Εὐπόλεμος), an Argive architect, who built the great Heraeun at Mycenae, after its destruction by fire in B. C. 423. The entablature was ornamented with sculptures representing the wars of the gods and giants, and the Trojan war. A full description of the other works of art connected with this temple is given by Pausanias. (Paus. 2.17.3; Thuc. 4.133.) [P.S]
- architect of temple of Hera: Paus. 2.17.3
- Olympic victor: Paus. 6.3.7, Paus. 8.45.4