Nysa (daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia)

Nysa or Nyssa (Greek: Νύσ(σ)α, flourished second half of 2nd century BC and first half of 1st century BC) was a Greek Princess from the Kingdom of Bithynia.

Biography

Nysa was the daughter of the Monarchs Nicomedes III of Bithynia and Nysa.^[1] She was the namesake of her mother and had two brothers: Nicomedes IV of Bithynia who reigned as King from c. 94 BC to about 74 BC and Socrates Chrestus. She was born and raised in Bithynia.

According to Suetonius (Caesar. 49), her cause was defended by the Roman Politician Gaius Julius Caesar in gratitude for her father's friendship.^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Nysa (daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia)

16. Prusias I Cholus, King of Bithynia

8. Prusias II Cynegus, King of Bithynia

4. Nicomedes II, King of Bithynia

9. Apama IV

2. Nicomedes III Euergetes, King of Bithynia

1. Nysa of Bithynia

24. Ariarathes IV Eusebes, King of Cappadocia

12. Ariarathes V Eusebes Philopator, King of Cappadocia

6. Ariarathes VI Epiphanes Philopator, King of Cappadocia

26. Pharmaces I, King of Pontus (=28)

13. Nysa

27. Nysa (=29)

28. Pharmaces I, King of Pontus (=26)

14. Mithridates V Euergetes, King of Pontus

29. Nysa (=27)

30. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Basileus of the Seleucid Empire

References

↑ McGing, The foreign policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus p.143
↑ http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2326.html

Sources

http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2326.html
B.C. McGing, The foreign policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus, BRILL, 1986

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