(, ), meaning "the Benefactor" (from , "good", + , "doer, worker"), was an

epithet An epithet (, ), also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing. It is usually literally descriptive, as in Alfred the Great, Suleima ...

, an honoring title, given to various benefactors. Euergetism (literally "doing good deeds") was the practice of high-status and wealthy individuals distributing part of their wealth to the community. For example, *

Archelaus I of Macedon Archelaus (; ; died 399 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from 413 to 399 BC. He was a capable and beneficent ruler, known for the sweeping changes he made in state administration, the military, and commerce. By the time tha ...

supplied wood to Athens, taking the titles of '' proxenos'' and ''euergetes'' in 407/6 BC. * Diogenes Euergetes a Macedonian commander who was named euergetes by the Athenians. *

Antigonus III Doson Antigonus III Doson () was king of Macedon from 229 BC to 221 BC. He was a member of the Antigonid dynasty. He was called Euergetes, Soter and Guardian (ἐπίτροπος) as he was the Legal guardian, guardian of Philip V of Macedon. Family ...

, king of Macedon from 229-221 BC, was called Euergetes.Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 40, note 1
/ref> The title was given to several

Hellenistic In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the R ...

monarchs: * Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, Seleucid king, reigned 150-145 BC * Antiochus VII Euergetes, Seleucid king, reigned 138–129 BC * Attalus III Philometor Euergetes, king of Pergamon, reigned 138–133 BC *

Mithridates V Euergetes Mithridates or Mithradates V Euergetes (, which means "Mithridates the Benefactor"; died 120 BC) was a prince and the seventh king of the Kingdom of Pontus. Life Mithridates V was of Greek Macedonian and Persian ancestry. He was the son of th ...

, king of Pontus, reigned 150–120 BC * Nicomedes III Euergetes, king of Bithynia, reigned 127–94 BC *

Ptolemy III Euergetes Ptolemy III Euergetes (, "Ptolemy the Euergetes, Benefactor"; c. 280 – November/December 222 BC) was the third pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt from 246 to 222 BC. The Ptolemaic Kingdom reached the height of its military and economic ...

, king of Egypt, reigned 246–222 BC * Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, king of Egypt, reigned 169–164, 144–132, 126–116 BC * Telephos Euergetes, Indo-Greek ruler, reigned 75–70 BC * Tiraios I Euergetes, king of Characene, reigned 95/94-90/89 BC * Demetrius III Theos Philopator Soter Philometor Euergetes Callinicus, Seleucid king, reigned 96–87 BC The feminine form () was also used: * Cleopatra Euergetis, queen of Egypt, reigned 142–131, 127–101 BC

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