Nysa or Nyssa ( el, Νύσ(σ)α, flourished second half of 2nd century BC and first half of 1st century BC) was a

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Princess from the Kingdom of

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Biography

Nysa was the daughter of the Monarchs

Nicomedes III of Bithynia Nicomedes III Euergetes ("the Benefactor", grc-gre, Νικομήδης Εὐεργέτης) was the king of Bithynia, from c. 127 BC to c. 94 BC. He was the son and successor of Nicomedes II of Bithynia. Life Memnon of Heraclea wrote that Nico ...

and

Nysa Nysa may refer to: Greek Mythology * Nysa (mythology) or Nyseion, the mountainous region or mount (various traditional locations), where nymphs raised the young god Dionysus * Nysiads, nymphs of Mount Nysa who cared for and taught the infant ...

, a princess from the Kingdom of

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. She was the namesake of her mother and had several half-brothers,

Nicomedes IV of Bithynia Nicomedes IV Philopator ( grc-gre, Νικομήδης Φιλοπάτωρ) was the king of Bithynia from c. 94 BC to 74 BC. (''numbered as III. not IV.'') He was the first son and successor of Nicomedes III of Bithynia. Life Memnon of Heraclea wrot ...

from her fathers first marriage to Aristonica, (who reigned as king from c. 94 BC to c. 74 BC),

Socrates Chrestus Socrates Chrestus ( el, Σωκράτης ό Χρηστός; ''Chrestus'' (The Good) died 90–88 BC) was the second son of Nicomedes III of Bithynia. He usurped the Bithynian throne by deposing his elder brother or half brother, Nicomedes IV of Bi ...

born by her fathers concubine Hagne, and possibly Pylaemenes III by an unknown woman (whom her father placed as king

Paphlagonia Paphlagonia (; el, Παφλαγονία, Paphlagonía, modern translit. ''Paflagonía''; tr, Paflagonya) was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus to the east, and s ...

). She was born and raised in

. According to

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''(Caesar. 49)'', her cause was defended by the Roman Politician

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in gratitude for her father's friendship.

Cultural depictions

Nysa is mentioned but does not appear in the novel ''

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'' by

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. She appears briefly in ''Hail, Caesar!'' by

Fletcher Pratt Murray Fletcher Pratt (25 April 1897 – 10 June 1956) was an American writer of history, science fiction, and fantasy. He is best known for his works on naval history and the American Civil War and for fiction written with L. Sprague de Camp. ...

.Pratt, Fletcher.

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, 1938. ''Hail, Caesar!'' - page: 41

Ancestry

References

Sources

* McGing, B. C., The foreign policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus (Mnemosyne Series, Suppl.89), BRILL, 1986; * Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 121

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