Adobogiona
| Adobogiona | |
|---|---|
| Father | Deiotarus |
| Mother | Berenice, Princess of Pergamon |
| Born | c. 80 BC |
| Died | c. 50 BC |
Adobogiona (fl. c. 80 BC - c. 50 BC) was a Celtic Galatian princess from Anatolia. She was the daughter of Deiotarus and sister to Brogitarus[citation needed] from the Tolistobogii tribe. Her cousin was the King Deiotarus,[citation needed] a Roman client king of the triumvir Pompey.
Adobogiona married a wealthy patrician citizen from Pergamon called Menodotus.[citation needed] At some point, Adobogiona was rescued from poisoning at a banquet[citation needed] and became a mistress to King Mithridates VI of Pontus. Adobogiona bore Mithridates VI two children: a son called Mithridates I of the Bosporus and a daughter called Adobogiona.[citation needed] She was honoured by a surviving inscription discovered on the island of Lesbos and a portrait head of her has been discovered at Pergamon.
Sources [edit]
- 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
