Adobogiona the Elder

Adobogiona
Adobogiona
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.^[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]

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

^ 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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[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Derks, Ton; Roymans, Nico (2009). Ethnic Constructs in Antiquity: The Role of Power and Tradition. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-8964-078-9.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

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