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Eubulus is the name of:
People:
- Eubulus (banker), 4th century BC Bithnyian banker and ruler of Atarneus
- Eubulus (statesman) (c. 405 BC – c. 335 BC), Athenian statesman
- Eubulus (poet), 4th century BC Athenian poet
- Saint Eubulus (died 308), Greek Christian martyr
- Eubulus, a Praetorian prefect of Illyricum (in the Roman Empire) in 436
- Eubulus le Strange, 1st Baron Strange (died 1335), English baron
- Eubulus or Eubule Thelwall (c. 1557 – 1630), Welsh lawyer, academic and politician who sat in the House of Commons
Characters in English plays:
- Eubulus, from the 1561 play Gorboduc
- Eubulus, from the 1673 play Marriage à la mode by John Dryden
- Eubulus, from the 17th century play The Coronation
Other uses:
- Eubulus, an associate of the Apostle Paul mentioned in the Second Epistle to Timothy (4:21)
- Eubulus, 1913 winner of the Australian VRC Sires Produce Stakes Thoroughbred horse race
Eubulus (, Euboulos; c. 405 – c.335 BC) was a statesman of ancient Athens, who was very influential in Athenian politics during the period 355 BC to 342 BC and was notable for his abilities in managing Athenian finances.
Eubulus' early life is unknown, other than that he was from the Anaphlystus deme. With the Athenian politician, Diophantus of Sphettus, as his patron, he became chief commissioner of the Theoric Fund, which provided free seats at public spectacles. He used this position to gradually take control of the finances of Athens and is credited with bringing a degree of prosperity not seen in many years. As an example of his approach, he introduced a law making it difficult to use public money for minor military operations, which ensured that a surplus was available for public works.
Eubulus was generally considered a member of the "peace party", in opposition to Demosthenes. Eubulus attempted to stop Philip of Macedon intervening in Greek affairs by forming a Common Peace, with the support of Meidias, Aeschines, and Phocion. The results of his policy included an expedition to Thermopylae in 352 BC and an intervention in Euboea in 348 BC. Nevertheless, after his efforts failed to unite the Greeks, he went along with the peace of 346 BC negotiated by Demosthenes and Philocrates.
When Demosthenes wanted to renew the war after Philip went into Phocis, Eubulus and his supporters argued for peace. But from 344 BC on, Eubulus' influence was waning, and by 342 BC, Demosthenes' party was in control. After the Battle of Chaeronea no more is heard of Eubulus.
Eubulus (, Euboulos) was an Athenian " Middle Comic" poet, victorious six times at the Lenaia, first probably in the late 370s or 360s BC (IG II2 2325.144; just before Ephippus)
According to the Suda (test. 1), which dates him to the 101st Olympiad (i.e. 376/2) and identifies him as "on the border between the Middle and the Old Comedy", he produced 104 comedies and won six victories at the Lenaia. An obscure notice in a scholium on Plato (test. 4) appears to suggest that some of his plays were staged by Aristophanes’ son Philippus. He attacked Philocrates, Callimedon, Cydias, and Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse.
Eubulus's plays are chiefly on mythological subjects and often parodies other tragic poets, especially Euripides.
Eubulus ( Euboulos; fl. 4th-century BCE) was a banker from Bithynia, a region on the south shore of the Black Sea. He once lent money to a Persian official, taking the lands of Assos and Atarneus in Aiolis (Aeolis) in Asia Minor as security, and thus became ruler of the two realms. He is most famous for his connection to his slave Hermias, who inherited the position of ruler of the city. It was Hermias who invited Xenocrates and Aristotle to his court, and later became Aristotle's father-in-law.