Category:Philetaerus

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Philetaerus (Greek: Φιλέταιρος, Philétairos, ca. 343 BC-263 BC) was the founder of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon in Anatolia. Philetaerus never married and, since he was a eunuch, had no children. He adopted his nephew Eumenes I (the son of Philetaerus' brother also named Eumenes), who succeeded him as ruler of Pergamon, upon his death in 263 BC. With the exception of Eumenes II, all future Attalid rulers depicted the bust of Philetaerus on their coins, paying tribute to the founder of their dynasty.