Dyteutus (died 34 AD), eldest son of the

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n ruler

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, was a ruler of Comana, a city in Cappadocia. After the father and his eldest son were sentenced to death by

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for the father's partisanship towards

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, Dyteutus's younger brother asked to die in his brother's place, claiming that he was in fact the elder son. At first Dyteutus resisted, but was persuaded by his father and mother to go along with the deception, on the grounds that his maturity would secure greater protection for his mother and the other surviving members of his family, and the younger brother was put to death. Some contemporary writers reckon the guilt over this false execution was what led

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to elevate Dyteutus to rule Comana. After extremely brief intervening reigns by Medeius and the brigand-king

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, Dyteutus succeeded

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as priest of the celebrated goddess

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, and therefore ruler of Comana. He had a long reign; the temple-state of Comana was annexed to the Roman province of

upon his death in 34 AD.

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