MITHRIDATES

'Mithridates' or 'Mithradates' (in Greek, ''Mιθριδάτης'' or ''Mιθράδάτης'') is the Hellenistic form of an Iranian theophoric name meaning "'given by Mithra'", and may refer to:
a Greek historiographic adaption of Old Iranian ''
★ Mithradata'':

★ Mithradates, a eunuch who helped Artabanus to assassinate Xerxes I.

★ Mithridates of Persia, a son-in-law of Darius III

★ Mithridates I of Kios (died 363 BC)

★ Mithridates II of Kios (''r.'' 337-302 BC)

a Philhellenic proper name of rulers of kingdoms of Asia Minor ★ Mithridates I of Pontus (''r.'' c. 302-266 BC) ★ Mithridates II of Pontus (''r.'' c. 250-220 BC) ★ Mithridates III of Pontus (''r.'' c. 220-185 BC) ★ Mithridates IV of Pontus (''r.'' c. 170-150 BC) ★ Mithridates V of Pontus (''r.'' c. 150-120 BC) ★ Mithridates VI of Pontus (''r.'' c. 120-63 BC) ★ Mithridates I Callinicus (''r.'' 109-70 BC) ★ Mithridates II of Commagene (''r.'' 38-20 BC) ★ Mithridates III of Commagene (''r.'' 20-12 BC) ★ Mithridates I of the Bosporus (1st century BC) ★ Mithridates II of the Bosporus ★ Mithridates of Armenia (''r.'' 35-51 AD) ★ Mithridates I of Iberia (''r.'' 30-50 AD) ★ Mithridates II of Iberia ★ Mithridates III of Iberia ★ Mithridates IV of Iberia ★ Mithridates V of Iberia

or of Arsacid monarchs ★ Mithridates I of Parthia (''r.'' 171-138 BC) ★ Mithridates II of Parthia (''r.'' 110-87 BC) ★ Mithridates III of Parthia (''r.'' 58-57 BC) ★ Mithridates IV of Parthia (''r.'' 128-147 AD)

Related terms include:

★ mithridate, a semi-mythical antidote

★ mithridatism, the practice of taking repeated low doses of a poison with the intent of building immunity to it.

★ mithridates, a philological term for any book in multiple languages, after Mithridates VI of Pontus who was said to be able to speak in over 25 languages.

★ Mehrdad, the Persian language equivalent of ''Mithradata''.