Philoxenus Anicetus

Philoxenus
Portrait of Philoxenus
Indo-Greek king
Reign100–95 BCE
DiedMathura

Philoxenus Anicetus (Greek: Φιλόξενος ὁ Ἀνίκητος, Philόxenos ho Aníkētos, meaning "Philoxenus the Invincible") was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in the region spanning the Paropamisade to Punjab. Philoxenus seems to have been quite an important king who might briefly have ruled most of the Indo-Greek territory. Bopearachchi dates Philoxenus to c. 100–95 BCE and R. C. Senior to c. 125–110 BCE.

Historians have not yet connected Philoxenus with any dynasty, but he could have been the father of the princess Kalliope, who was married to the king Hermaeus.

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