Mithridates
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Mithridates or Mithradates is the Hellenistic form of an Iranian theophoric name, meaning "given by the deity Mithra
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Mithra
Mithra is the Zoroastrian divinity of covenant and oath. In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing protector of Truth, and the guardian of cattle, the harvest and of The Waters....
". It may refer to:
Rulers
- Mithridates I of ParthiaMithridates I of ParthiaMithridates or Mithradates I was the "Great King" of Parthia from ca. 171 BC - 138 BC, succeeding his brother Phraates I. His father was King Phriapatius of Parthia, who died ca. 176 BC). Mithridates I made Parthia into a major political power by expanding the empire to the east, south, and west...
(r. 171-138 BC) - Mithridates II of ParthiaMithridates II of ParthiaMithridates II the Great was king of Parthian Empire from 123 to 88 BC. His name invokes the protection of Mithra. He adopted the title Epiphanes, "god manifest" and introduced new designs on his extensive coinage....
(r. 110-87 BC) - Mithridates III of ParthiaMithridates III of ParthiaKing Mithridates III of Parthia ruled the Parthian Empire c. 57–54 BC. With the assistance of his brother Orodes he murdered his father Phraates III. He was made king of Media and waged war against his brother, but was soon deposed on account of his cruelty. He took refuge with Aulus Gabinius, the...
(r. 58-57 BC) - Mithridates IV of ParthiaMithridates IV of ParthiaMithridates IV of Parthia ruled the western Parthian Empire from 129 to 140. He was the brother of Osroes I of Parthia . He was the youngest son of the Parthian King Vonones II. During the invasion of Mesopotamia by the Roman emperor Trajan in 116 he and his son Sanatruces II took up the diadem...
(r. 128-147 AD) - Mithridates I of PontusMithridates I of PontusMithridates I Ctistes was the founder of the kingdom of Pontus in Anatolia....
(r. c. 302-266 BC), founder of the kingdom of PontusKingdom of PontusThe Kingdom of Pontus or Pontic Empire was a state of Persian origin on the southern coast of the Black Sea. It was founded by Mithridates I in 291 BC and lasted until its conquest by the Roman Republic in 63 BC... - Mithridates II of PontusMithridates II of PontusMithridates II , third king of Pontus and son of Ariobarzanes, whom he succeeded on the throne. He was a minor when his father died, but the period of his accession cannot be determined...
(r. c. 250-220 BC) - Mithridates III of PontusMithridates III of PontusMithridates III was the fourth King of Pontus, son of Mithridates II of Pontus and Laodice. Mithridates had two sisters who were Laodice III the first wife of the Seleucid King Antiochus III the Great and Laodice of Pontus. He may have ruled in an uncertain period between 220 BC and 183 BC...
(r. c. 220-185 BC) - Mithridates IV of PontusMithridates IV of PontusMithridates IV of Pontus or known by his full name Mithridates Philopator Philadelphus was a prince and sixth King of the Kingdom of Pontus....
(r. c. 170-150 BC) - Mithridates V of PontusMithridates V of PontusMithridates V Euergetes ; also known as Mithridates V of Pontus, Mithradates V of Pontus and Mithradates V Euergetes, was a Prince and seventh King of the wealthy Kingdom of Pontus.Mithridates V was of Greek Macedonian and Persian ancestry...
(r. c. 150-120 BC) - Mithridates VI of PontusMithridates VI of PontusMithridates VI or Mithradates VI Mithradates , from Old Persian Mithradatha, "gift of Mithra"; 134 BC – 63 BC, also known as Mithradates the Great and Eupator Dionysius, was king of Pontus and Armenia Minor in northern Anatolia from about 120 BC to 63 BC...
(r. c. 120-63 BC), also known as Mithridates the Great, after whom the Mithridatic WarsMithridatic WarsThere were three Mithridatic Wars between Rome and the Kingdom of Pontus in the 1st century BC. They are named for Mithridates VI who was King of Pontus at the time....
and MithridateMithridateMithridate, also known as mithridatium, mithridatum, or mithridaticum, is a semi-mythical remedy with as many as 65 ingredients, used as an antidote for poisoning, and said to be created by Mithradates VI Eupator of Pontus in the 1st century BC...
are named - Mithridates I CallinicusMithridates I CallinicusMithridates I Callinicus was a king of Orontid Armenian descent who lived between 2nd century BC and 1st century BC. Mithridates was a prince, the son and successor of King of Commagene, Sames II Theosebes Dikaios. Before his succession in 109 BC, he married the Syrian Greek Princess Laodice VII...
(r. 109-70 BC) - Mithridates I of Media AtropateneMithridates I of Media AtropateneMithridates I was a ruler of the Achaemenid Atropatene kingdom of Armenia. He ruled from 67 BCE to 66 BCE. He was a son-in-law of Tigranes the Great....
(r. 67-66 BC) - Mithridates II of CommageneMithridates II of CommageneMithridates II Antiochus Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellenos Monocritis, also known as Mithridates II of Commagene was a man of Armenian and Greek descent who lived in the 1st century BC. He was a prince of Commagene and one of the sons of King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene and Queen Isias...
(r. 38-20 BC) - Mithridates III of CommageneMithridates III of CommageneMithridates III Antiochus Epiphanes was a King. The son and successor of King Mithridates II of Commagene and Queen Laodice, he was of Armenian and Greek descent....
(r. 20-12 BC) - Mithridates I of the BosporusMithridates I of the BosporusMithridates I of the Bosporus sometimes known as Mithridates II of the Bosporan and Mithridates of Pergamon , was a nobleman from Anatolia. Mithridates was one of the sons born to King Mithridates VI of Pontus from his mistress, the Galatian Celtic Princess Adobogiona. He also had a full blooded...
(1st century BC) - Mithridates of ArmeniaMithridates of ArmeniaMithridates of Armenia was an Iberian prince and a king of Armenia under the protection of the Roman Empire.Mithridates was installed by his brother Pharasmanes I of Iberia who, encouraged by Tiberius, invaded Armenia and captured its capital Artaxata in 35...
(r. 35-51 AD) - Mithridates I of IberiaMithridates I of IberiaMithridates I was the 1st-century king of Iberia whose reign is evidenced by epigraphic material. Cyril Toumanoff suggests AD 58-106 as the years of his reign....
(r. 58-106 AD) - Mihrdat II of IberiaMihrdat II of IberiaMihrdat II |Latinized]] as Mithridates), of the Arsacid dynasty, was a king of Iberia from 249 to 265 A.D.....
(r. 249-265 AD) - Mihrdat III of IberiaMihrdat III of IberiaMihrdat III |Latinized]] as Mithridates), of the Chosroid Dynasty, was the king of Iberia from c. 365 to 380 ....
(r. c. 365-380 AD) - Mihrdat IV of IberiaMihrdat IV of IberiaMihrdat IV |Latinized]] as Mithridates), of the Chosroid Dynasty, was the king of Iberia from c. 409 to 411.He was the son of Varaz-Bakur II and the grandson of Trdat...
(r. c. 409-411 AD) - Mihrdat V of IberiaMihrdat V of IberiaMihrdat V |Latinized]] as Mithridates), of the Chosroid Dynasty, was the king of Iberia reigning, according to a medieval Georgian literary tradition, for 12 years, from c. 435 to 447 ....
(r. c. 435-447 AD) - Mithridates I of CiusMithridates I of CiusMithridates , son of Ariobarzanes prince of Cius, is mentioned by Xenophon as having betrayed his father, and the same circumstance is alluded to by Aristotle....
(d. 363 BC), also known as Mithridates I of Kios - Mithridates II of CiusMithridates II of CiusMithridates of Cius succeeded his kinsman or father Ariobarzanes II in 337 BC as ruler of the Greek town of Cius in Mysia . Diodorus assigns him a rule of thirty-five years, but it appears that he did not hold uninterrupted possession of the sovereignty during that period...
(r. 337-302 BC), also known as Mithridates II of Kios - Tiberius Julius MithridatesTiberius Julius MithridatesTiberius Julius Mithridates Philogermanicus Philopatris, sometimes known as Mithridates III of the Bosporan was a Roman Client King of the Bosporan Kingdom....
, 1st century Roman Client King
Other people
- Mithridates of PersiaMithridates of PersiaMithridates was a Persian of high rank, and son-in-law of the king Darius III, who was slain by Alexander the Great with his own hand, at the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC, when he plunged his lance through Mithridates' face.-References:*Smith, William ; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography...
(d. 334 BC), son-in-law of Darius III - Mithridates (soldier)Mithridates (soldier)Mithridates was a young Persian soldier in the army of king Artaxerxes II who according to a version in Plutarch's Life of Artaxerxes II, accidentally killed the rebel claimant to the throne Cyrus the Younger in the Battle of Cunaxa .-Account of events:Shortly after, Cyrus's death was reported to...
(d. 401 BC), Persian soldier who killed Cyrus the YoungerCyrus the YoungerCyrus the Younger, son of Darius II of Persia and Parysatis, was a Persian prince and general. The time of his birth is unknown, but he died in 401 B.C. The history of Cyrus and of the retreat of the Greeks is told by Xenophon in his Anabasis. Another account, probably from Sophaenetus of...
in 401 BC, according to Plutarch. - Mithradates, eunuch who assisted in the assassination of Xerxes I of PersiaXerxes I of PersiaXerxes I of Persia , Ḫšayāršā, ), also known as Xerxes the Great, was the fifth king of kings of the Achaemenid Empire.-Youth and rise to power:...
(d. 465 BC) - Mitradates, according to Herodotus a Median herdsman, who was ordered to murder the future Cyrus the GreatCyrus the GreatCyrus II of Persia , commonly known as Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Under his rule, the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of Southwest Asia and much...
by his grandfather AstyagesAstyagesAstyages Astyages Astyages (spelled by Herodotus as Ἀστυάγης - Astyages; by Ctesias as Astyigas; by Diodorus as Aspadas; Akkadian: Ištumegu, was the last king of the Median Empire, r...
, but who secretly raised him with his wife Cyno until the age of ten, having passed off their own stillborn child as the murdered Cyrus. - Mithridates ChrestusMithridates ChrestusMithridates Chrestus was a Prince and co-ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus....
, prince from the Kingdom of PontusKingdom of PontusThe Kingdom of Pontus or Pontic Empire was a state of Persian origin on the southern coast of the Black Sea. It was founded by Mithridates I in 291 BC and lasted until its conquest by the Roman Republic in 63 BC...
, brother of Mithridates VI of PontusMithridates VI of PontusMithridates VI or Mithradates VI Mithradates , from Old Persian Mithradatha, "gift of Mithra"; 134 BC – 63 BC, also known as Mithradates the Great and Eupator Dionysius, was king of Pontus and Armenia Minor in northern Anatolia from about 120 BC to 63 BC...
Other uses
- MithridateMithridateMithridate, also known as mithridatium, mithridatum, or mithridaticum, is a semi-mythical remedy with as many as 65 ingredients, used as an antidote for poisoning, and said to be created by Mithradates VI Eupator of Pontus in the 1st century BC...
, semi-mythical antidote - MithridatismMithridatismMithridatism is the practice of protecting oneself against a poison by gradually self-administering non-lethal amounts. The word derives from Mithridates VI, the King of Pontus, who so feared being poisoned that he regularly ingested small doses, aiming to develop immunity...
, the practice of taking repeated low doses of a poison with the intent of building immunity to it. - MehrdadMehrdadMehrdad is a Persian male given name.'Mehrdad' derives from Middle Persian Mihrdat, a theophoric name meaning "Given by Mihr." 'Mihr' in turn derives from Avestan Mithra, the Zoroastrian divinity and hypostasis of covenant....
, Persian male given name, equivalent of Mithradata - MithridateMithridate (Racine)Mithridate is a tragedy in five acts in Alexandrine verse by Jean Racine.-Background and History:...
, 1673 play by Jean RacineJean RacineJean Racine , baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine , was a French dramatist, one of the "Big Three" of 17th-century France , and one of the most important literary figures in the Western tradition... - Mithridates, philological term for any book in multiple languages, after Mithridates VI of PontusMithridates VI of PontusMithridates VI or Mithradates VI Mithradates , from Old Persian Mithradatha, "gift of Mithra"; 134 BC – 63 BC, also known as Mithradates the Great and Eupator Dionysius, was king of Pontus and Armenia Minor in northern Anatolia from about 120 BC to 63 BC...
who was said to be able to speak in over 25 languages