Pythodorida daughter of Pythodoros of Smyrna

• Preferred Name: Pythodorida daughter of Pythodoros of Smyrna^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen of CappadociaBET 16 BC AND 17 in Kingdom of Cappadocia, Anatolia at LATI: N9 LONG: E5
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen of PontusBET 16 BC AND 8 in Kingdom of Pontus, Anatolia at LATI: N9 LONG: E5
  
• FSID: KLVF-CRL
  
• Death: ABT 38 in Kingdom of Pontus, Anatolia at LATI: N9 LONG: E5
  
• Birth: ABT 30 BC in Smyrna, Anatolia, Roman Empire at LATI: N8.4127 LONG: E7.1384
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen of Pontus and Cappadocia
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Wikipedia
  
  Pythodorida
  Queen of Pontus
  Queen consort of the Bosporan Kingdom
  Queen consort of Cilicia
  Queen consort of Cappadocia
  Born 30 BC or 29 BC
  Smyrna
  Died AD 38 (aged 67 or 68)
  Pontus
  Spouse King Polemon I of Pontus
  King Archelaus of Cappadocia
  Issue Artaxias III of Armenia
  Polemon II of Pontus
  Antonia Tryphaena, Queen of Thrace
  Father Pythodoros of Tralles
  Mother Antonia
  Pythodorida or Pythodoris of Pontus (Greek: Πυθοδωρίδα or Πυθοδωρίς, 30 BC or 29 BC – 38) was a Roman client queen of Pontus, the Bosporan Kingdom, Cilicia, and Cappadocia.
  
  Origins and early life
  Pythodorida is also known as Pythodoris I and Pantos Pythodorida. According to an honorific inscription dedicated to her in Athens in the late 1st century BC, her royal title was Queen Pythodorida Philometor (Greek: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ ΠΥΘΟΔΩΡΙΔΑ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΩΡ). Philometor means "mother-loving" and this title is associated with the Greek Pharaohs and Queens of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
  
  Pythodorida was born and raised in Smyrna (modern İzmir, Turkey). She was the daughter and only child of wealthy Anatolian Greeks , Pythodoros of Tralles and Antonia, and friend to the late triumvir Pompey .
  Her maternal grandparents were the Roman triumvir Mark Antony and Antonia Hybrida Minor.
  
  Queen
  The successive marriages of Pythodorida illustrate how elite women, like Rome's client states, were shuffled around in the game of power politics. About 14 BC, Pythodorida married King Polemon Pythodoros of Pontus as his second wife. By this marriage she became Queen of Pontus and the Bosporan Kingdom.
  
  Pythodorida and Polemon had two sons and one daughter, who were:
  Zenon, also known as Zeno-Artaxias or Artaxias III, who became King of Armenia in 18 AD and reigned until his death in 35 AD
  Marcus Antonius Polemon Pythodoros, also known as Polemon II of Pontus
  Antonia Tryphaena who married King of Thrace, Cotys VIII
  
  Polemon I died in 8 BC, and Pythodorida continued as Queen of Pontus until her death. Pythodorida was able to retain Colchis and Cilicia but not the Bosporan Kingdom which was granted to her first husband's stepson, Aspurgus.
  
  She then married King Archelaus of Cappadocia. Archelaus and Pythodorida had no children. Through her second marriage, she became Queen of Cappadocia. Pythodorida had moved with her children from Pontus to Cappadocia to live with Archelaus.
  
  When Archelaus died in 17, Cappadocia became a Roman province and she returned with her family back to Pontus.
  In later years, Polemon II assisted his mother in the administration of the kingdom. Following her death, Polemon II succeeded to the throne. Pythodorida was remembered by a friend and contemporary, the Greek geographer Strabo, who is said to have described Pythodorida as a woman of virtuous character. Strabo considered her to have a great capacity for business and that under Pythodorida's rule Pontus had flourished.

• m. ABT 10 in Anatolia

1. Title: Wikipedia - Pythodorida
   Author: Mercudy G., Two Studies on Women in Antiquity: Vassal Queens and Some Contemporary Women in the Roman Empire - Portraits of Royal Ladies on Greek Coins, Johns Hopkins Press, 1937; ASIN: B000WUFYY0 Worldwide guide to women in leadership [1]
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythodorida_of_Pontus;
   Note: Pythodorida Queen of Pontus Queen consort of the Bosporan Kingdom Queen consort of Cilicia Queen consort of Cappadocia Born 30 BC or 29 BC Smyrna Died AD 38 (aged 67 or 68) Pontus Spouse King Polemon I of Pontus King Archelaus of Cappadocia Issue Artaxias III of Armenia Polemon II of Pontus Antonia Tryphaena, Queen of Thrace Father Pythodoros of Tralles Mother Antonia Pythodorida or Pythodoris of Pontus (Greek: Πυθοδωρίδα or Πυθοδωρίς, 30 BC or 29 BC – 38) was a Roman client queen of Pontus, the Bosporan Kingdom, Cilicia, and Cappadocia. Origins and early life Pythodorida is also known as Pythodoris I and Pantos Pythodorida. According to an honorific inscription dedicated to her in Athens in the late 1st century BC, her royal title was Queen Pythodorida Philometor (Greek: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ ΠΥΘΟΔΩΡΙΔΑ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΩΡ). Philometor means "mother-loving" and this title is associated with the Greek Pharaohs and Queens of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Pythodorida was born and raised in Smyrna (modern İzmir, Turkey). She was the daughter and only child of wealthy Anatolian Greeks and friend to the late triumvir Pompey, Pythodoros of Tralles and Antonia. Her maternal grandparents were the Roman triumvir Mark Antony and Antonia Hybrida Minor. Queen The successive marriages of Pythodorida illustrate how elite women, like Rome's client states, were shuffled around in the game of power politics. About 14 BC, Pythodorida married King Polemon Pythodoros of Pontus as his second wife. By this marriage she became Queen of Pontus and the Bosporan Kingdom. Pythodorida and Polemon had two sons and one daughter, who were: Zenon, also known as Zeno-Artaxias or Artaxias III, who became King of Armenia in 18 AD and reigned until his death in 35 AD Marcus Antonius Polemon Pythodoros, also known as Polemon II of Pontus Antonia Tryphaena who married King of Thrace, Cotys VIII Polemon I died in 8 BC, and Pythodorida continued as Queen of Pontus until her death. Pythodorida was able to retain Colchis and Cilicia but not the Bosporan Kingdom which was granted to her first husband's stepson, Aspurgus. She then married King Archelaus of Cappadocia. Archelaus and Pythodorida had no children. Through her second marriage, she became Queen of Cappadocia. Pythodorida had moved with her children from Pontus to Cappadocia to live with Archelaus. When Archelaus died in 17, Cappadocia became a Roman province and she returned with her family back to Pontus. In later years, Polemon II assisted his mother in the administration of the kingdom. Following her death, Polemon II succeeded to the throne. Pythodorida was remembered by a friend and contemporary, the Greek geographer Strabo, who is said to have described Pythodorida as a woman of virtuous character. Strabo considered her to have a great capacity for business and that under Pythodorida's rule Pontus had flourished.
   
2. Title: Livius.org-Pythodorida
   Publication: Name: https://www.livius.org/articles/person/pythodoris/;
   Note: Pythodoris Pythodoris (30/29 BCE - 38 CE): queen of Pontus (r.8 BCE - 38 CE). Born in Smyrna in 30 or 29 BCE, Pythodoris was a daughter of a man named Pythodorus of Tralles and a woman named Antonia, a daughter of Mark Antony. In c.12 BCE, Pythodoris married king Polemon I of Pontus, who had recently conquered the Bosporan Kingdom (i.e., Crimea) but was killed in action in 8 BCE. Pythodoris inherited Polemon's kingdom,note but was forced to hand over the Bosporan part to Polemon's former wife Dynamis. Pythodoris was allowed to keep Pontus ("the land of the Tibareni and Chaldaei, extending as far as Colchis, and Pharnacia and Trapezus"note), although the emperor Augustus forced her to marry king Archelaus of Cappadocia.note This marriage appears to have been a diplomatic alliance only; no children are recorded. Queen Pythodoris survived her husband, who died in 17 CE, and was succeeded by Julius Polemon II, a son of her daughter Antonia Tryphaena and the Thracian king Cotys. Her son Zeno became king of Armenia under the name of Artaxias III. Writing during her reign, Strabo calls his queen "a woman who is wise and qualified to preside over affairs of state".note