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) known as Mithridates the Great 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) Tiberius Julius Mithridates (flourished 1st century), Roman Client King of the Bosporan Kingdom and a son of the Roman Client King Tiberius Julius Aspurgus of the Bosporan Kingdom and brother to Client King of the Bosporan Kingdom Tiberius Julius Cotys I 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.