Pontic — Minor Figures

8 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Silenus

supposed son of Apollo · first appears Lysander

• Lysander · with Lysander “Lysander, taking this for the groundwork, frames and devises the rest himself”

Ariarathes

son of Mithridates · first appears Pompey

• Pompey · parent: Mithridates “he had made away with his son Ariarathes by poison”

Hypsicratia

concubine of Mithridates · first appears Pompey

• Pompey · with Mithridates “his concubine, Hypsicratia, a girl always of a manly and daring spirit”
• Pompey · with Mithridates “he was left only with three persons, among whom was his concubine, Hypsicratia”

Machares

son of Mithridates · first appears Lucullus

• Lucullus · parent: Mithridates “Machares, the son of Mithridates, and governor of Bosporus”

Monime

wife of Mithridates · first appears Lucullus

• Lucullus · married with Mithridates “two Ionian wives, Berenice of Chios, and Monime of Miletus”
• Pompey · with Mithridates “there was a series of wanton letters to and from his concubine Monime”

Nyssa

sister of Mithridates · first appears Lucullus

• Lucullus · siblings with Mithridates “Nyssa, also, sister of Mithridates”

Menemachus

commander · first appears Lucullus

• Lucullus · enemies with Adrianus “Mithridates did not let the opportunity slip, but dispatched Menemachus and Myro, with a great force, both horse and foot, against him”

Myro

commander · first appears Lucullus

• Lucullus · enemies with Adrianus “Mithridates did not let the opportunity slip, but dispatched Menemachus and Myro, with a great force, both horse and foot, against him”

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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.