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 , a princess from the Kingdom of Cappadocia .[1] She was the namesake of her mother and had several half-brothers, Nicomedes IV of Bithynia from her fathers first marriage to Aristonica , (who reigned as king from c. 94 BC to c. 74 BC), Socrates Chrestus born by her fathers concubine Hagne , and possibly Pylaemenes III by an unknown woman (whom her father placed as king Paphlagonia ). 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]
Cultural depictions
Nysa is mentioned but does not appear in the novel The October Horse by Colleen McCullough .[3] She appears briefly in Hail, Caesar! by Fletcher Pratt .[4]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Nysa (daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia) 16. Prusias I Cholus , King of Bithynia 8. Prusias II Cynegus , King of Bithynia 17. Apama III 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 25. Antiochis 6. Ariarathes VI Epiphanes Philopator , King of Cappadocia 26. Pharmaces I , King of Pontus (=28) 13. Nysa 27. Nysa (=29) 3. Nysa 28. Pharmaces I , King of Pontus (=26) 14. Mithridates V Euergetes , King of Pontus 29. Nysa (=27) 7. Laodice 30. Antiochus IV Epiphanes , Basileus of the Seleucid Empire 15. Laodice VI 31. Laodice IV
References
Sources
McGing, B. C., The foreign policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus (Mnemosyne Series, Suppl.89), BRILL, 1986; ISBN 978-9004075917
Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 1218 [1]