Pythodoris of Pontus

Pythodoris
Queen regnant of Pontus
Reign8 BC – 38 AD
PredecessorPolemon I as King
SuccessorPolemon II as King
Queen consort of Pontus, Bosporus and Cilicia
Tenure 13/12 BC – 8 BC
Queen consort of Cappadocia
Tenure 8 BC – 17 AD
Born30 BC or 29 BC
Smyrna
(modern-day İzmir, Turkey)
DiedAD 38 (aged 67 or 68)
Pontus
(modern-day Anatolia, Turkey)
SpouseKing Polemon I of Pontus
King Archelaus of Cappadocia
IssueArtaxias III of Armenia
Polemon II of Pontus
Antonia Tryphaena, Queen of Thrace
FatherPythodoros of Tralles
MotherAntonia

Pythodoris of Pontus (Ancient Greek: Πυθοδωρίς, 30 BC or 29 BC – 38), also spelled Pythodorida (Πυθοδωρίδα),[1] was a Roman client queen of Pontus, the Bosporan Kingdom, Cilicia, and Cappadocia.

  1. ^ Karolidēs, Paulos (1874). Kappodokika: ētoi, Pargmateia historikē kai archaeologikē peri Kappodokias (in Greek). typois E. Misaēlidou. p. 330.