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Mithridate wikisource autobiography

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        2. MITHRIDA'TIS (MtflptSaTts), a daughter of Mithridates the Great, who had been at one time betrothed to Ptolemy, king of Egypt ; but the mar- riage never took.
        3. Ariarathes VIII., a younger son of the sixth king of the same name, was driven from his throne by Mithridates, shortly after his accession, and survived but a.
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        5. MITHRIDA'TIS (MtflptSaTts), a daughter of Mithridates the Great, who had been at one time betrothed to Ptolemy, king of Egypt ; but the mar- riage never took..

          Mithridates I of Pontus

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          Mithridates I Ctistes (Greek: Mιθριδάτης Kτίστης; reigned 281–266 BC), also known as Mithridates III of Cius,[1] was a Persian nobleman and the founder (this is the meaning of the word Ctistes, literally Builder) of the Kingdom of Pontus in Anatolia.[2][3]

          Mithridates is said to have been of the same age as Demetrios Poliorketes, which means he was born in the mid-330s BC.

          In 302 or 301 BC, shortly after having executed the young man's father and predecessor Mithridates II of Cius, the diadochAntigonus became suspicious of the son who had inherited the family dominion of Cius, and planned to kill the boy.

          Mithridates, however, received from Demetrius Poliorketes timely notice of Antigonus's intentions, and fled with a few followers to Paphlagonia, where he occupied a strong fortress, called Cimiata. He was joined by numerous bodies of troops from different quarters and gradually extended his dominions in Pon