Nysa (wife of Nicomedes IV)

Nysa or Nyssa (Greek: Νύσ(σ)α flourished 1st century BC) was queen consort of Bithynia. She was married to king Nicomedes IV of Bithynia.

She was a daughter of Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia.[1] She married Nicomedes before her became king, when her father-in-law Nicomedes III was still alive. In 94 BC, her spouse became king.

Granius Licinianus claims that she encouraged a conflict between her spouse and his brother Socrates Chrestus, which resulted in the latter to seek refuge at the court of Mithridates VI Eupator.

References
  1. McGing, The foreign policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus p.143
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