Adobogiona the Elder

Adobogiona (fl. c. 90 BC – c. 50 BC) was a Galatian princess from Anatolia. She was known as a mistress of Mithridates VI Eupator, and claimed he had fathered her children: a son, Mithridates of Pergamon, and a daughter, Adobogiona the Younger.

Adobogonia was a member of the Trokmian dynasty, rulers of Galatia; her brother was the Galatian king, Brogitaros. She was married to Menodotus, a wealthy citizen of Pergamon. A large statue of her was set up in temple of Hera in Pergamon.

References

• S. Mitchell, Anatolia: Land, Men and Gods in Asia Minor, Vol. I (1956).
• A. Mayor, The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009,
• Ton Derks/Nico Roymans, Ethnic Constructs in Antiquity: The Role of Power and Tradition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2009, p. 137.