Mithridates

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Mithridates or Mithradates (in Greek, Mιθριδάτης or Mιθράδάτης) is the Hellenistic form of an Iranian theophoric name meaning "given by Mithra", and may refer to:

a Greek historiographic adaption of Old Iranian *Mithradata:

Mithradates, a eunuch who helped Artabanus to assassinate Xerxes I.
Mithridates of Persia, a son-in-law of Darius III
Mithridates I of Kios (died 363 BC)
Mithridates II of Kios (r. 337-302 BC)

a Philhellenic proper name of rulers of kingdoms of Asia Minor

Mithridates I of Pontus (r. c. 302-266 BC)
Mithridates II of Pontus (r. c. 250-220 BC)
Mithridates III of Pontus (r. c. 220-185 BC)
Mithridates IV of Pontus (r. c. 170-150 BC)
Mithridates V of Pontus (r. c. 150-120 BC)
Mithridates VI of Pontus (r. c. 120-63 BC)
Mithridates I Callinicus (r. 109-70 BC)
Mithridates II of Commagene (r. 38-20 BC)
Mithridates III of Commagene (r. 20-12 BC)
Mithridates I of the Bosporus (1st century BC)
Mithridates II of the Bosporus
Mithridates of Armenia (r. 35-51 AD)
Mithridates I of Iberia (r. 30-50 AD)
Mithridates II of Iberia
Mithridates III of Iberia
Mithridates IV of Iberia
Mithridates V of Iberia

or of Arsacid monarchs

Mithridates I of Parthia (r. 171-138 BC)
Mithridates II of Parthia (r. 110-87 BC)
Mithridates III of Parthia (r. 58-57 BC)
Mithridates IV of Parthia (r. 128-147 AD)

Related terms include:

mithridate, a semi-mythical antidote
mithridatism, the practice of taking repeated low doses of a poison with the intent of building immunity to it.
mithridates, a philological term for any book in multiple languages, after Mithridates VI of Pontus who was said to be able to speak in over 25 languages.
Mehrdad, the Persian language equivalent of Mithradata.

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