Mithridates I of Cius

Mithridates (in Greek Mιθριδατης; lived 4th century BC), son of Ariobarzanes prince of Cius, is mentioned by Xenophon¹ as having betrayed his father, and the same circumstance is alluded to by Aristotle². It is possible that he is the same Mithridates who accom­panied the younger Cyrus, but there is no proof of this; also, he may be the same with the Mithridates mentioned by Xenophon³ as satrap of Cappadocia and Lycaonia. It appears that he was dead before 363 BC, when Ariobarzanes II made himself master of the family fiefdom of Cius in Mysia.⁴

References

• Aristotle, Politics, H. Rackham (translator), Cambridge, MA - London, (1944)
  
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, C. H. Oldfather (translator), Cambridge, MA - London, (1989)
  
• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Mithridates I", Boston, (1867)
  
• Xenophon, Cyropaedia, Cambridge, MA - London, (1979-83)
  
• Xenophon, Anabasis, Cambridge, MA - London, (1980)
  

Notes

1 Xenophon, Cyropaedia, viii. 8. 4

2 Aristotle, v. 10

3 Xenophon, Anabasis, vii. 8. 25

4 Diodorus, xv. 90