Philetaerus (Greek:, Philétairos, ca. 343 BC–263 BC) was the founder of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon in Anatolia. He was born in Tieium (Greek: Tieion), a small town on the Black Sea coast of Anatolia between Bithynia to the west and Paphlagonia to the east. His father was Attalus (Greek: Attalos) (perhaps from Macedon) and his mother Boa was Paphlagonian. After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, Philetaerus became embroiled in the struggle for supremacy, called the Wars… (More on Philetaerus)