Opramoas
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Born
Died
Rhodiapolis, Lycia
Occupations
- Civic benefactor (Euergetes)
- Magnate
- High priest
- Lyciarch (likely)
EraRoman Empire
Opramoas | |
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| Born | |
| Died | Rhodiapolis, Lycia |
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| Era | Roman Empire |
| Known for | Longest Greek inscription in Anatolia |
| Notable work | Mausoleum of Opramoas (built by him) |
Opramoas was an important civic benefactor in the 2nd century CE. He is the best known ancient euergete. He was a magnate from the small Lycian town of Rhodiapolis (southern Anatolia, in modern Turkey). His activities are recorded in extensive Greek inscriptions on the walls of his mausoleum at Rhodiapolis.[1][2][3]
"...apart from his gifts of games and a mass of civic buildings, we have recently found him offering to pay for the primary schooling of all the citizen-children at Xanthus, boys and girls alike"..."he gave funds for burial to people in need and paid the dowries of poor families' daughters"[4]
He is mentioned in the French author Marguerite Yourcenar's novel Memoirs of Hadrian.
