)
called the Rock, which Droysen identifies with a 3.
called the Rock, which Droysen identifies with a 3.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - a
) but they were all, with the exception of the
III. Son of Ariannes 11. , and grandson of youngest, killed by their mother, that she might
the preceding, married Stratonice, a daughter of obtain the government of the kingdom. After she
Antiochus II. , king of Syria, and obtained a sbare
in the government during the life-time of his
father. (Diod. I. c. )
IV. Son of the preceding, was a child at his
accession, and reigned B. c. 220_163, about 57
years. (Diod. I. c. ; Justin. xxix. 1; Polyb. iv. 2. )
He married Antiochis, the daughter of Antiochus
III. , king of Syria, and, in consequence of this
was 82
vernor.
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had been put to death by the people on account of there were three kings of the name of Ariobarzanes,
her cruelty, her youngest son succeeded to the grandfather, son, and grandson (ARIOBARZANES),
crown. (Diod. I. c. , Erc. xxiv. p. 626, ed. Wess. ; and Strabo (xii. p. 540) says that the family be-
Polyb. iii. 5, xxxii. 20, 23, xxxiii. 12 ; Justin, came extinct in three generations, it seems most
xxxv. 1, xxxvii. 1. )
probable, that this Ariarathes was a brother of
VI. The youngest son of the preceding, reign- | Ariobarzanes 111. Cicero (ad Att. xiii. 2) speaks
ed about 34 years, B. C. 130–96. He was a of an Ariarathes, a son of Ariobarzanes, who came
child at his succession. He married Laodice, to Rome in B. C. 45 ; but there seems no reason to
the sister of Mithridates Eupator, king of Pontus, belicve that he was a different person from the one
and was put to death by Mithridates by means mentioned above, the son of Ariobarzanes 11.
of Gordins. (Justin, xxxvii. 1, xxxviii. 1; Mem- Respecting the kings of Cappadocia, see Clinton,
non, ap. Phot. Cod. 224, p. 230, a. 41, ed. Bekker. ) F. H. vol. iii. Appendix, c. 9.
On his death the kingdom was seized by Nico- The four coins that have been given above, have
medes, king of Bithynia, who married Laodice, been placed under those kings to whom they are
the widow of the late king. But Nicomedes was usually assigned; but it is quite uncertain to whom
soon expelled by Mithridates, who placed upon they really belong. The coins of these kings bear
the throne,
only three surnames, ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ,
and ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ. On the reverse of all,
Pallas is represented. (Eckhel, iii. p. 198. )
ARIASÞES ('Apiáoans), called by Justin (x. l)
Ariarates, one of the three legitimate sons of Arta-
xerxes Mnemon, was, after the death of his eldest
brother Dareius, driven to commit suicide by the
Teorie
intrigues of his other brother, Ochus. (Plut. Artaz.
c. 30. )
VII. A son of Ariarathes VI. He was, how- ARIBAEUS ('Apibalos), the king of the Cap-
ever, also murdered by Mithridates in a short padocians, was slain by the Ilyrcanians, in the time
time, who now took possession of his kingdom. of the elder Cyrus, according to Xenophon's Cyro-
(Justin, Xxxviii. 1. ) The Cappadocians rebelled paedia. (ii. 1. 85, iv. 2. $ 31. )
against Mithridates, and placed upon the throne, ARICI'NA (Aporivn), a surname of Artemis,
derived from the town of Aricia in Latium, where
she was worshipped. A tradition of that place
related that Hippolytus, after being restored to life
by Asclepius, came to Italy, ruled over Aricia, and
dedicated a grove to Artemis. (Paus. ii. 27. & 4. )
This goddess was believed to be the Taurian
1 Misko
Artemis, and her statue at Aricia was considered
to be the same as the one which Orestes had
VIII. A second son of Ariarathes VI. ; but brought with him from Tauris. (Serv. ad Aen. ii.
he was speedily driven out of the kingdom by | 116; Strab. v. p. 239; Hygin. Fub. 261. ) Ac
Mithridates, and shortly afterwards died a natural cording to Strabo, the priest of the Arician Artemis
death. By the death of these two sons of was always a run-away slave, who obtained his
Ariarathes VI. , the royal family was extinct. office in the following manner :- The sacred grove
Mithridates placed upon the throne one of his own of Artemis contained one tree from which it was
sons, who was only eight years old. Nicomedes not allowed to break off a branch ; but if a slave
sent an embassy to Rome to lay claim to the succeeded in effecting it, the priest was obliged to
throne for a youth, who, he pretended, was a third fight with him, and if he was conquered and killed,
son of Ariarathes VI. and Laodice. Mithridates the victorious slave became his successor, and
also, with equal shamelessness, says Justin, sent might in his turn be killed by another slave, who
an embassy to Rome to assert that the youth, then succeeded him. Suetonius (Calig. 35) calls
whom he had placed upon the throne, was a de- the priest rex nemorensis. Ovid (Fast. iii. 260,
scendant of Ariarathes V. , who fell in the war &c. ), Suetonius, and Pausanias, speak of contests
against Aristonicus. The senate, however, did not of slaves in the grove at Aricia, which scem to
assign the kingdom to either, but granted liberty refer to the frequent fights between the priest and
to the Cappadocians. But as the people wished a slave who tried to obtain his office. (L. S. ]
for a king, the Romans allowed them to choose ARIDAEUS. (ARIAEUS; ARRHIDAEUS. ]
whom they pleased, and their choice fell upon ARIDOʻLIS ('Apiowais), tyrant of Alabanda in
Ariobarzanes. (Justin, xxxviii. 1, 2; Strab. xi. Caria, accompanied Xerxes in his expedition against
p. 540. )
Greece, and was taken by the Greeks off Artemi-
IX. A son of Ariobarzanes II. , and brother sium, B. c. 480, and sent to the isthmus of Corinth
of Ariobarzanes 111. (Cic. ad Fam. xv. 2), reigned in chains. (Herod. vii. 195. )
six years, B. C. 42—36. When Caesar had con- ARIGNOʻTE ('Apeyvárn), of Samos, a female
firmed Ariobarzanes III. in this kingdom, he Pythagorean philosopher, is sometimes described as
placed Ariarathes under his brother's government. a daughter, at other times merely as a disciple of
Ariarathes succeeded to the crown after the battle Pythagoras and Theano. She wrote epigrams and
of Philippi, but was deposed and put to death by several works upon the worship and mysteries of
Antony, who appointed Archelaus as his successor. Dionysus. (Suidas, s. v. 'Apıyvárn, Otavw, Ilubay. ;
(Appian, B. C. v. 7 ; Dion Cass. xlix. 32 ; Val. Clem. Alex. Strom. iv. p. 522, d. , Paris, 1629;
Max. ix. 15, ex. 2. )
Harpocrat. s. t. Evor. )
Clinton makes this Ariarathes the son of Ario- ARIGNOʻTUS ('Apiqvwtos), a Pythagorean in
barzancs 111. (whom he calls the second); but as the time of Lucian, was renowned for his wisdom.
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and had the surnamc of iepós. (Lucian, Philopseud. I way over the mountains, he was enabled to gain
c. 29, &c. )
the heights above the Persian camp. The Persians
ARIMA'ZES ('Apıuáns) or ARIOMA'ZES then took to flight, and Ariobarzanes escaped with
('Aplouašas), a chief who had possession, in B. C. a few horsemen to the mountains. (Arrian, iii. 18;
328, of a very strong fortress in Sogdinna, usually Diod. xvii. 68; Curt. v. 3, 4.
)
called the Rock, which Droysen identifies with a 3. The name of three kings of Cappadocia
place called Kohiten, situate near the pass of Clinton (F. H. ii. p. 436) makes only two of this
Kolugha or Derbend. Arimazes at first refused to name, but inscriptions and coins seem to prove that
surrender the place to Alexander, but afterwards there were three.
yielded when some of the Macedonians had climbed 1. Surnamed Philoromacus (1Aopumasos) on
to the summit. In this fortress Alexander found coins (B. C. 93–63), was elected king by the
Roxana, the daughter of the Bactrian chief, Oxy. Cappadocians, under the direction of the Romanis,
artes, whom he made his wife. Curtius (vii. 11) about B. c. 93. (Justin, xxxviii. 2; Strab. xii
. p. 540;
relates, that Alexander crucified Arimazes and the Appian, Mithr. 10. ) He was several times ex-
leading men who were taken ; but this is not men- pelled from his kingdom by Mithridates, and as
tioned by Arrian (iv. 19) or Polyaenus (iv. 3. $ 29), often restored by the Romans. He seems to have
and is improbable. (Comp. Strab. xi. p. 517. ) been driven out of his kingdom immediately after
ARIMNESTUS ('Apluunotos ), the com- his accession, as we find that he was restored by
mander of the Plataeans at the battles of Marathon Sulla in B. C. 92. (Plut. Sulla, 5; Liv. Epit. 70;
and Plataea. (Paus. ix. 4. § 1; Herod. ix. 72; Appian, Mithr. 57. ) He was a second time ex-
Plut. Arist. c. 11. ) The Spartan who killed Mar- pelied about B. C. 90, and fled to Rome. He was
donius is called by Plutarch Arimnestus, but by then restored by M. ' Aquillius, about B. C. 89
Herodotus Aeimestus. [AEIMNESTUS. )
(Appian, Mithr. 10, 11 ; Justin, xxxviii. 3), but
ARIOBARZA'NES ('Apocapfávns). 1. The was expelled a third time in B. c. 88. In this year
name of three kings or satraps of Pontus.
war was declared between the Romans and Mich-
I. Was betrayed by his son Mithridates to the ridates ; and Ariobarzanes was deprived of his
Persian king. (Xen. Cyr. viii. 8. $ 4; Aristot. kingdom till the peace in B. C. 84, when he again
Polit. v. 8. & 15, ed. Schneid. ) It is doubtful obtained it from Sulla, and was established in it
whether this Ariobarzanes is the same who con- by Curio. (Plut. Sulla, 22, 24; Dion Cass. Fragma.
ducted the Athenian ambassadors, in B. C. 405, to 173, ed. Reim. ; Appian, Mithr. 60. ) Ariobar-
the sea-coast of Mysia, after they had been de- zanes appears to have retained possession of Cap-
tained three years by order of Cyrus (Xen. Hello padocia, though frequently harassed by Mithridates,
i. 4. § 7), or the same who assisted Antalcidas in till B. C. 66, when Mithridates seized it after the
B. C. 388. (Id. v. 1. & 28. )
departure of Lucullus and before the arrival of
II. Succeeded his father, Mithridates I. , and Pompey. (Cic. pro Leg. Man. 2, 5. ) He was,
reigned 26 years, B. C. 363—337. (Diod. xvi. 90. ) however, restored by Pompey, who also increased
He appears to have held some high office in his dominions. Soon after this probably about
the Persian court five years before the death of B. C. 63, he resigned the kingdom to his son.
his father, as we find him, apparently on behalf of (Appian, Mithr. 105, 114, B. C. i. 103; Val. Max.
the king, sending an embassy to Greece in B. C. v. 7. & 2. ) We learn from a Greek inscription
368. (Xen. Hell. vii. 1. & 27. ) Ariobarzanes, who quoted by Eckhel (iii. p. 199), that the name of
is called by Diodorus (xv. 90) satrap of Phrygia, his wife was Athenais, and that their son was
and by Nepos (Datam. c. 2) satrap of Lydia, lonia, Philopator. The inscription on the coin from
and Phrygia, revolted from Artaxerxes in B. C. 362, which the annexed drawing was made, is indis-
and may be regarded as the founder of the inde tinct and partly effaced : it should be BALIAENE
pendent kingdom of Pontus. Dermosthenes, in | AΡIΟΒΑΡΖΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ. Pallas is re-
B. C. 352, speaks of Ariobarzanes and his three presented holding a small statue of Victory in her
sons having been lately made Athenian citizens. right hand.
(In Aristocrat. pp. 666, 687. ) He mentions him
again (pro Rhod. p. 193) in the following year,
B. C. 351, and says, that the Athenians had sent
Timotheus to his assistance; but that when the
Athenian general saw that Ariobarzanes was in
open revolt against the king, he refused to assist
him.
III. The son of Mithridates III. , began to reign
B. c. 266 and died about B. c. 240. He obtained II. Surnamed Philopator (Pelonátwp), according
possession of the city of Amastris, which was sur- to coins, succeeded his father B. C. 63. The time
rendered to him. (Memnon, cc. 16, 24, ed. Orelli. ) of his death is not known; but it must bave been
Ariobarzanes and his father, Mithridates, sought previous to 8. c. 51, in which year his son was
the assistance of the Gauls, who had come into reigning. He appears to have been assassinated,
Asia twelve years before the death of Mithridates, as Cicero (ad Fam. xv. 2) reminds the son of the
to expel the Egyptians sent by Ptolemy. (Apollon. fate of his father. Cicero also mentions this Ario-
ap. Steph. Byz. s. v. "Aykupa. ) Ariobarzanes was barzanes in one of his orations. (De Prov. Cons. 4. )
succeeded by Mithridates IV.
It appears, from an inscription, that his wife, as
2. The satrap of Persis, filed after the battle of well as his father's, was named Athenais.
Guagamela, B. c. 331, to secure the Persian Gates, III. Surnamed Eusebes and Philoromaeus (Eů
a pass which Alexander had to cross in his march to σεβής και Φιλορωμαιος), according to Cicero (ad
Persepolis. Alexander was at first unable to force Fam. xv.
III. Son of Ariannes 11. , and grandson of youngest, killed by their mother, that she might
the preceding, married Stratonice, a daughter of obtain the government of the kingdom. After she
Antiochus II. , king of Syria, and obtained a sbare
in the government during the life-time of his
father. (Diod. I. c. )
IV. Son of the preceding, was a child at his
accession, and reigned B. c. 220_163, about 57
years. (Diod. I. c. ; Justin. xxix. 1; Polyb. iv. 2. )
He married Antiochis, the daughter of Antiochus
III. , king of Syria, and, in consequence of this
was 82
vernor.
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ARIGNOTUS.
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FAXIAEST:
had been put to death by the people on account of there were three kings of the name of Ariobarzanes,
her cruelty, her youngest son succeeded to the grandfather, son, and grandson (ARIOBARZANES),
crown. (Diod. I. c. , Erc. xxiv. p. 626, ed. Wess. ; and Strabo (xii. p. 540) says that the family be-
Polyb. iii. 5, xxxii. 20, 23, xxxiii. 12 ; Justin, came extinct in three generations, it seems most
xxxv. 1, xxxvii. 1. )
probable, that this Ariarathes was a brother of
VI. The youngest son of the preceding, reign- | Ariobarzanes 111. Cicero (ad Att. xiii. 2) speaks
ed about 34 years, B. C. 130–96. He was a of an Ariarathes, a son of Ariobarzanes, who came
child at his succession. He married Laodice, to Rome in B. C. 45 ; but there seems no reason to
the sister of Mithridates Eupator, king of Pontus, belicve that he was a different person from the one
and was put to death by Mithridates by means mentioned above, the son of Ariobarzanes 11.
of Gordins. (Justin, xxxvii. 1, xxxviii. 1; Mem- Respecting the kings of Cappadocia, see Clinton,
non, ap. Phot. Cod. 224, p. 230, a. 41, ed. Bekker. ) F. H. vol. iii. Appendix, c. 9.
On his death the kingdom was seized by Nico- The four coins that have been given above, have
medes, king of Bithynia, who married Laodice, been placed under those kings to whom they are
the widow of the late king. But Nicomedes was usually assigned; but it is quite uncertain to whom
soon expelled by Mithridates, who placed upon they really belong. The coins of these kings bear
the throne,
only three surnames, ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ,
and ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ. On the reverse of all,
Pallas is represented. (Eckhel, iii. p. 198. )
ARIASÞES ('Apiáoans), called by Justin (x. l)
Ariarates, one of the three legitimate sons of Arta-
xerxes Mnemon, was, after the death of his eldest
brother Dareius, driven to commit suicide by the
Teorie
intrigues of his other brother, Ochus. (Plut. Artaz.
c. 30. )
VII. A son of Ariarathes VI. He was, how- ARIBAEUS ('Apibalos), the king of the Cap-
ever, also murdered by Mithridates in a short padocians, was slain by the Ilyrcanians, in the time
time, who now took possession of his kingdom. of the elder Cyrus, according to Xenophon's Cyro-
(Justin, Xxxviii. 1. ) The Cappadocians rebelled paedia. (ii. 1. 85, iv. 2. $ 31. )
against Mithridates, and placed upon the throne, ARICI'NA (Aporivn), a surname of Artemis,
derived from the town of Aricia in Latium, where
she was worshipped. A tradition of that place
related that Hippolytus, after being restored to life
by Asclepius, came to Italy, ruled over Aricia, and
dedicated a grove to Artemis. (Paus. ii. 27. & 4. )
This goddess was believed to be the Taurian
1 Misko
Artemis, and her statue at Aricia was considered
to be the same as the one which Orestes had
VIII. A second son of Ariarathes VI. ; but brought with him from Tauris. (Serv. ad Aen. ii.
he was speedily driven out of the kingdom by | 116; Strab. v. p. 239; Hygin. Fub. 261. ) Ac
Mithridates, and shortly afterwards died a natural cording to Strabo, the priest of the Arician Artemis
death. By the death of these two sons of was always a run-away slave, who obtained his
Ariarathes VI. , the royal family was extinct. office in the following manner :- The sacred grove
Mithridates placed upon the throne one of his own of Artemis contained one tree from which it was
sons, who was only eight years old. Nicomedes not allowed to break off a branch ; but if a slave
sent an embassy to Rome to lay claim to the succeeded in effecting it, the priest was obliged to
throne for a youth, who, he pretended, was a third fight with him, and if he was conquered and killed,
son of Ariarathes VI. and Laodice. Mithridates the victorious slave became his successor, and
also, with equal shamelessness, says Justin, sent might in his turn be killed by another slave, who
an embassy to Rome to assert that the youth, then succeeded him. Suetonius (Calig. 35) calls
whom he had placed upon the throne, was a de- the priest rex nemorensis. Ovid (Fast. iii. 260,
scendant of Ariarathes V. , who fell in the war &c. ), Suetonius, and Pausanias, speak of contests
against Aristonicus. The senate, however, did not of slaves in the grove at Aricia, which scem to
assign the kingdom to either, but granted liberty refer to the frequent fights between the priest and
to the Cappadocians. But as the people wished a slave who tried to obtain his office. (L. S. ]
for a king, the Romans allowed them to choose ARIDAEUS. (ARIAEUS; ARRHIDAEUS. ]
whom they pleased, and their choice fell upon ARIDOʻLIS ('Apiowais), tyrant of Alabanda in
Ariobarzanes. (Justin, xxxviii. 1, 2; Strab. xi. Caria, accompanied Xerxes in his expedition against
p. 540. )
Greece, and was taken by the Greeks off Artemi-
IX. A son of Ariobarzanes II. , and brother sium, B. c. 480, and sent to the isthmus of Corinth
of Ariobarzanes 111. (Cic. ad Fam. xv. 2), reigned in chains. (Herod. vii. 195. )
six years, B. C. 42—36. When Caesar had con- ARIGNOʻTE ('Apeyvárn), of Samos, a female
firmed Ariobarzanes III. in this kingdom, he Pythagorean philosopher, is sometimes described as
placed Ariarathes under his brother's government. a daughter, at other times merely as a disciple of
Ariarathes succeeded to the crown after the battle Pythagoras and Theano. She wrote epigrams and
of Philippi, but was deposed and put to death by several works upon the worship and mysteries of
Antony, who appointed Archelaus as his successor. Dionysus. (Suidas, s. v. 'Apıyvárn, Otavw, Ilubay. ;
(Appian, B. C. v. 7 ; Dion Cass. xlix. 32 ; Val. Clem. Alex. Strom. iv. p. 522, d. , Paris, 1629;
Max. ix. 15, ex. 2. )
Harpocrat. s. t. Evor. )
Clinton makes this Ariarathes the son of Ario- ARIGNOʻTUS ('Apiqvwtos), a Pythagorean in
barzancs 111. (whom he calls the second); but as the time of Lucian, was renowned for his wisdom.
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ARIOBARZANES.
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and had the surnamc of iepós. (Lucian, Philopseud. I way over the mountains, he was enabled to gain
c. 29, &c. )
the heights above the Persian camp. The Persians
ARIMA'ZES ('Apıuáns) or ARIOMA'ZES then took to flight, and Ariobarzanes escaped with
('Aplouašas), a chief who had possession, in B. C. a few horsemen to the mountains. (Arrian, iii. 18;
328, of a very strong fortress in Sogdinna, usually Diod. xvii. 68; Curt. v. 3, 4.
)
called the Rock, which Droysen identifies with a 3. The name of three kings of Cappadocia
place called Kohiten, situate near the pass of Clinton (F. H. ii. p. 436) makes only two of this
Kolugha or Derbend. Arimazes at first refused to name, but inscriptions and coins seem to prove that
surrender the place to Alexander, but afterwards there were three.
yielded when some of the Macedonians had climbed 1. Surnamed Philoromacus (1Aopumasos) on
to the summit. In this fortress Alexander found coins (B. C. 93–63), was elected king by the
Roxana, the daughter of the Bactrian chief, Oxy. Cappadocians, under the direction of the Romanis,
artes, whom he made his wife. Curtius (vii. 11) about B. c. 93. (Justin, xxxviii. 2; Strab. xii
. p. 540;
relates, that Alexander crucified Arimazes and the Appian, Mithr. 10. ) He was several times ex-
leading men who were taken ; but this is not men- pelled from his kingdom by Mithridates, and as
tioned by Arrian (iv. 19) or Polyaenus (iv. 3. $ 29), often restored by the Romans. He seems to have
and is improbable. (Comp. Strab. xi. p. 517. ) been driven out of his kingdom immediately after
ARIMNESTUS ('Apluunotos ), the com- his accession, as we find that he was restored by
mander of the Plataeans at the battles of Marathon Sulla in B. C. 92. (Plut. Sulla, 5; Liv. Epit. 70;
and Plataea. (Paus. ix. 4. § 1; Herod. ix. 72; Appian, Mithr. 57. ) He was a second time ex-
Plut. Arist. c. 11. ) The Spartan who killed Mar- pelied about B. C. 90, and fled to Rome. He was
donius is called by Plutarch Arimnestus, but by then restored by M. ' Aquillius, about B. C. 89
Herodotus Aeimestus. [AEIMNESTUS. )
(Appian, Mithr. 10, 11 ; Justin, xxxviii. 3), but
ARIOBARZA'NES ('Apocapfávns). 1. The was expelled a third time in B. c. 88. In this year
name of three kings or satraps of Pontus.
war was declared between the Romans and Mich-
I. Was betrayed by his son Mithridates to the ridates ; and Ariobarzanes was deprived of his
Persian king. (Xen. Cyr. viii. 8. $ 4; Aristot. kingdom till the peace in B. C. 84, when he again
Polit. v. 8. & 15, ed. Schneid. ) It is doubtful obtained it from Sulla, and was established in it
whether this Ariobarzanes is the same who con- by Curio. (Plut. Sulla, 22, 24; Dion Cass. Fragma.
ducted the Athenian ambassadors, in B. C. 405, to 173, ed. Reim. ; Appian, Mithr. 60. ) Ariobar-
the sea-coast of Mysia, after they had been de- zanes appears to have retained possession of Cap-
tained three years by order of Cyrus (Xen. Hello padocia, though frequently harassed by Mithridates,
i. 4. § 7), or the same who assisted Antalcidas in till B. C. 66, when Mithridates seized it after the
B. C. 388. (Id. v. 1. & 28. )
departure of Lucullus and before the arrival of
II. Succeeded his father, Mithridates I. , and Pompey. (Cic. pro Leg. Man. 2, 5. ) He was,
reigned 26 years, B. C. 363—337. (Diod. xvi. 90. ) however, restored by Pompey, who also increased
He appears to have held some high office in his dominions. Soon after this probably about
the Persian court five years before the death of B. C. 63, he resigned the kingdom to his son.
his father, as we find him, apparently on behalf of (Appian, Mithr. 105, 114, B. C. i. 103; Val. Max.
the king, sending an embassy to Greece in B. C. v. 7. & 2. ) We learn from a Greek inscription
368. (Xen. Hell. vii. 1. & 27. ) Ariobarzanes, who quoted by Eckhel (iii. p. 199), that the name of
is called by Diodorus (xv. 90) satrap of Phrygia, his wife was Athenais, and that their son was
and by Nepos (Datam. c. 2) satrap of Lydia, lonia, Philopator. The inscription on the coin from
and Phrygia, revolted from Artaxerxes in B. C. 362, which the annexed drawing was made, is indis-
and may be regarded as the founder of the inde tinct and partly effaced : it should be BALIAENE
pendent kingdom of Pontus. Dermosthenes, in | AΡIΟΒΑΡΖΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ. Pallas is re-
B. C. 352, speaks of Ariobarzanes and his three presented holding a small statue of Victory in her
sons having been lately made Athenian citizens. right hand.
(In Aristocrat. pp. 666, 687. ) He mentions him
again (pro Rhod. p. 193) in the following year,
B. C. 351, and says, that the Athenians had sent
Timotheus to his assistance; but that when the
Athenian general saw that Ariobarzanes was in
open revolt against the king, he refused to assist
him.
III. The son of Mithridates III. , began to reign
B. c. 266 and died about B. c. 240. He obtained II. Surnamed Philopator (Pelonátwp), according
possession of the city of Amastris, which was sur- to coins, succeeded his father B. C. 63. The time
rendered to him. (Memnon, cc. 16, 24, ed. Orelli. ) of his death is not known; but it must bave been
Ariobarzanes and his father, Mithridates, sought previous to 8. c. 51, in which year his son was
the assistance of the Gauls, who had come into reigning. He appears to have been assassinated,
Asia twelve years before the death of Mithridates, as Cicero (ad Fam. xv. 2) reminds the son of the
to expel the Egyptians sent by Ptolemy. (Apollon. fate of his father. Cicero also mentions this Ario-
ap. Steph. Byz. s. v. "Aykupa. ) Ariobarzanes was barzanes in one of his orations. (De Prov. Cons. 4. )
succeeded by Mithridates IV.
It appears, from an inscription, that his wife, as
2. The satrap of Persis, filed after the battle of well as his father's, was named Athenais.
Guagamela, B. c. 331, to secure the Persian Gates, III. Surnamed Eusebes and Philoromaeus (Eů
a pass which Alexander had to cross in his march to σεβής και Φιλορωμαιος), according to Cicero (ad
Persepolis. Alexander was at first unable to force Fam. xv.
