For other persons with the same name, see Glaucias
Glaucias was prince[1] or king[2] of the Taulanti, one of the Illyrian tribes. He is first mentioned as bringing a considerable force to the assistance of Cleitus of Dardania, another Illyrian prince, against Alexander the Great, in the battle of Pelium 335 BC. They were, however, both defeated, and Cleitus forced to take refuge within the Taulantian territories, whither Alexander did not pursue him, his attention being called elsewhere by the news of the revolt of Thebes. (Arrian, i. 5, 6.) We next hear of Glaucias, nearly 20 years later, as affording an asylum[3] to the infant Pyrrus, when his father Aeacides was driven out of Epirus; Glaucias' wife Beroea[4] belonged to the Molossian Aeacidae (Plut. Pyrr i. 3; Justin. xvii. 3.) By this measure he gave offence to Cassander, who sought to gain possession of Epirus for himself, and who in vain offered Glaucias 200 talents to give up the child. Not long after, the Macedonian king invaded his territories, and defeated him in battle; but though Glaucias bound himself by the treaty which ensued to refrain from hostilities against the aliies of Cassander, he still retained Pyrrhus at his court, and, in 307 BC, took the opportunity, after the death of Alcetas II of Epirus , to invade that country with an army, and establish the young prince, then 12 years old, upon the throne. (Diod. xix. 67 ; Plut. Pyrr. 3; Justin. xvii. 3 ; Paus. i. 11. § 5.) The territories of Glaucias bordered upon those of , Apollonia and Epidamnos; and this proximity involved him in frequent hostilities with those states ; in 312 BC he even made himself master of Epidamnus, by the assistance of the Greek Oligarchy[5]that had been expelled by the democrats and the Corcyraeans. (Diod. xix. 70, 78.) The date of his death is not mentioned ; but it appears that he was still reigning in 302 BC, when Pyrrhus repaired to his court, to be present at the marriage of one of his sons. (Plut. Pyrrh. 4.)
References
- ^ The Campaigns of Alexander (Penguin Classics) by Arrian, J. R. Hamilton, and Aubrey De Selincourt , 1976,page 49: "... and had been joined by Glaucias, the prince of the Taulantians,
- ^ Alexander The Great: Selections From Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, And Quintus Curtius by Arrian, Diodorus Siculus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius Rufus ,2005,page 23: "... an ancient enemy king named Bardylis, aided by the neighboring Taulantian tribe under their king, Glaucias. Here, for the first time ..."
- ^ Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (of 4) - page 120 by Plutarch, George Long, Aubrey Stewart - 2007 - ,"Having thus escaped from their pursuers they proceeded to Glaukias, the king of the Illyrians...gave Pyrrhus in charge of his wife".
- ^ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0631198075,Page 124"... offered asylum to the infant Pyrrhus after the expulsion of his father ...wife Beroea, who was herself a Molossian princess"
- ^ A History of the Classical Greek World, 478 - 323 BC (Blackwell History of the Ancient World) by P. J. Rhodes,2005,page 82: "... expelled the oligarchs, and the oligarchs joined with the neighbouring Taulantians in attacking Epidamnus, ..."
- The Illyrians By John Wilkes Page 124 ISBN 0631198075
- Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel ISBN 9781405112109
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
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