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'''Nysa''' or '''Nyssa''' ({{langx|el|Νύσ(σ)α}}, flourished second half of 2nd century BC) was a Princess from the Kingdom of [[Cappadocia]] in [[Anatolia]].

Nysa was a royal of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Greek Macedonian]] and [[Persian people|Persian ancestry]]. She was the daughter and first-born child of the monarchs [[Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia]] and [[Laodice of Cappadocia]].<ref name="Gabelko">Gabelko, O. L., The Dynastic History of the Hellenistic Monarchies of Asia Minor According to Chronography of George Synkellos. pp. 9-10 [http://www.pontos.dk/publications/books/bss-9-files/bss-9-01-gabelko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316060121/http://www.pontos.dk/publications/books/bss-9-files/bss-9-01-gabelko|date=2011-03-16}}</ref> Her parents were cousins and her younger brothers were the Kings [[Ariarathes VII of Cappadocia]] and [[Ariarathes VIII of Cappadocia]]. She was the namesake of her paternal grandmother [[Nysa of Cappadocia]] a previous Queen, wife of the previous King [[Ariarathes V of Cappadocia]]<ref>Cartledge, ''Hellenistic constructs: essays in culture, history and historiography'' p.139</ref> and mother of Ariarathes VI. She was born and raised in Cappadocia.

At an unknown date, Nysa became the first wife Greek King [[Nicomedes III of Bithynia]],<ref name=Gabelko /> who reigned between from c. 127 BC to c. 94 BC. Nysa and Nicomedes III were distantly related as they held lineage from the [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid dynasty]], the [[Antipatrid dynasty]] and the [[Antigonid dynasty]]. Through marriage, she became Queen of Bithynia.

Nysa bore Nicomedes III a daughter also named [[Nysa (daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia)|Nysa]].<ref>Gabelko, O. L., The Dynastic History of the Hellenistic Monarchies of Asia Minor According to Chronography of George Synkellos, p.10 [http://www.pontos.dk/publications/books/bss-9-files/bss-9-01-gabelko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316060121/http://www.pontos.dk/publications/books/bss-9-files/bss-9-01-gabelko|date=2011-03-16}}</ref> Not much is known about her life after her daughters birth. Nicomedes III married her mother after some time, possibly because Nysa died.

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==References==
; Primary sources
*Justin, Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus (Classical Resources Series, No 3), Society for Classical Studies Classical Resources, Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1994; {{ISBN|978-1555409517}}[http://www.attalus.org/translate/justin6.html#38.1]

; Secondary sources
* http://www.ancienthistory.com/smith-bio/3180.html{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* Cartledge, P. Garnsey P. Gruen, E.S., Hellenistic constructs: essays in culture, history and historiography (Hellenistic Culture and Society), University of California Press, 1997; {{ISBN|978-0520206762}}
* Gabelko, O. L., [https://web.archive.org/web/20110316060121/http://www.pontos.dk/publications/books/bss-9-files/bss-9-01-gabelko The Dynastic History of the Hellenistic Monarchies of Asia Minor According to Chronography of George Synkellos]. 
* McGing, . C., The foreign policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus, BRILL, 1986; {{ISBN|978-9004075917}}

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