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Adobogiona (fl. c. 90 BC – c. 50 BC) was a Galatian princess from Anatolia.[1] She was known as a mistress of Mithridates VI Eupator, and claimed he had fathered her children: a son, Mithridates of Pergamon, and a daughter, Adobogiona the Younger.[2]
| Adobogiona | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 90 BC |
| Died | c. 50 BC |
| Spouse | Menodotus |
| Issue | Mithridates I of the Bosporus |
| Father | Deiotarus |
Adobogonia was a member of the Trokmian dynasty, rulers of Galatia; her brother was the Galatian king, Brogitaros.[3] She was married to Menodotus, a wealthy citizen of Pergamon.[4] A large statue of her was set up in temple of Hera in Pergamon.[5]
References
edit- ↑ Kaye, Noah (2023-02-23). The Attalids of Pergamon and Anatolia: Money, Culture, and State Power. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-27955-0.
- ↑ Magie, David (2015-12-08). Roman Rule in Asia Minor, Volume 1 (Text): To the End of the Third Century After Christ. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-4979-6.
- ↑ Derks, Ton; Roymans, Nico (2009). Ethnic Constructs in Antiquity: The Role of Power and Tradition. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-8964-078-9.
- ↑ Ellis-Evans, Aneurin (2019-04-25). The Kingdom of Priam: Lesbos and the Troad between Anatolia and the Aegean. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-256797-0.
- ↑ Ma, John (2013-06-27). Statues and Cities: Honorific Portraits and Civic Identity in the Hellenistic World. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-966891-5.
- S. Mitchell, Anatolia: Land, Men and Gods in Asia Minor, Vol. I (1956).
- A. Mayor, The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-691-12683-8
- Ton Derks/Nico Roymans, Ethnic Constructs in Antiquity: The Role of Power and Tradition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2009, p. 137.
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