Adobogiona the Elder
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Adobogiona | |
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Born | c. 90 BC |
Died | c. 50 BC |
Spouse | Menodotus |
Issue | Mithridates I of the Bosporus |
Father | Deiotarus |
Adobogiona (fl. c. 90 BC - c. 50 BC) was a Galatian princess from Anatolia.
Adobogiona bore Mithridates VI two children: a son called Mithridates of Pergamon and a daughter called Adobogiona the Younger.
References
- 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.