Mithridates (in Greek Mιθριδάτης; lived 4th century BC), son of Ariobarzanes prince of Cius, is mentioned by Xenophon1 as having betrayed his father, and the same circumstance is alluded to by Aristotle2. It is possible that he is the same Mithridates who accompanied the younger Cyrus, but there is no proof of this; also, he may be the same with the Mithridates mentioned by Xenophon3 as satrap of Cappadocia and Lycaonia. It appears that he was dead before 363 BC, when Ariobarzanes II made himself master of the family fiefdom of Cius in Mysia.4
References
- Aristotle, Politics, H. Rackham (translator), Cambridge, MA - London, (1944)
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, C. H. Oldfather (translator), Cambridge, MA - London, (1989)
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Mithridates I", Boston, (1867)
- Xenophon, Cyropaedia, Cambridge, MA - London, (1979-83)
- Xenophon, Anabasis, Cambridge, MA - London, (1980)
Notes
1 Xenophon, Cyropaedia, viii. 8. 4
3 Xenophon, Anabasis, vii. 8. 25
4 Diodorus, xv. 90
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).
