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Pythodoris

c. 30 BCE–38 CE · 1st century · Also known as Pythodoris of Pontus, Pythodorida

Pythodoris was queen of Pontus, a granddaughter of Mark Antony and the wife of Polemon I. After Polemon's death in 8 BCE she ruled the kingdom in her own name for many decades and later married Archelaus of Cappadocia. The geographer Strabo, her contemporary, praised her government. Her grandson Polemon II succeeded her.

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Polemonid Pontus

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