Adobogiona the Elder

Adobogiona (fl. c. 90 BC – c. 50 BC) was a Galatian princess from Anatolia.

Adobogiona
Bornc. 90 BC
Diedc. 50 BC
SpouseMenodotus
IssueMithridates I of the Bosporus
FatherDeiotarus
For other people with the same name, see Adobogiona (disambiguation).

Adobogiona bore Mithridates VI two children: a son called Mithridates of Pergamon and a daughter called Adobogiona the Younger.

References
  • 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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