Mithridates II of Cius
Mithridates of Cius (in
According to Lucian[4], he was at least eighty-four years of age at the time of his death, which makes it likely that he is the same person as the Mithridates, son of Ariobarzanes, who in his youth circumvented and put to death Datames. King Mithridates I of Pontus was his kinsman, although it is not known whether he was his son.
Therefore, it is likely that he was the same Mithradates, son of
Presumably he was not the same Mithridates who accompanied the younger Cyrus in c. 401 BCE - there is no proof of this. Neither is he the Mithridates mentioned by Xenophon[7] as satrap of Cappadocia and Lycaonia in the late 5th century BCE.
Between 362 and 337 BCE the family fiefdom of Cius in Mysia was held by Ariobarzanes II (possibly Mithridates' brother).[8]
Notes
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- ^ Diodorus, xvi. 90.
- ^ Appian, "Mithridatic Wars", 9; Diodorus, xx. 111, pg. 456.
- ^ Lucian, Macrobioi, 13.
- ^ Xenophon, Cyropaedia, viii. 8. 4
- ^ Aristotle, v. 10
- ^ Xenophon, Anabasis, vii. 8. 25
- ^ Diodorus, xv. 90
References
- Appian, The foreign wars, Horace White (translator), New York City, (1899).
- Aristotle, Politics, H. Rackham (translator), Cambridge, Massachusetts - London, (1944)
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, C. H. Oldfather (translator), Cambridge - London, (1989).
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, C. H. Oldfather (translator), Cambridge, Massachusetts - London, (1989)
- Højte, Jakob Munk; The Date of the Alliance between Chersonesos and Pharnakes and its implications.
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Mithridates I", Boston, (1867)
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Mithridates II", Boston, (1867).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)- Xenophon, Anabasis, Cambridge, Massachusetts - London, (1980)
- Xenophon, Cyropaedia, Cambridge, Massachusetts - London, (1979–83)
