Английская Википедия:Drypetina

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In De mulieribus claris

Drypetina, Dripetrua (died c. 66 BC) was a devoted daughter of King Mithridates VI of Pontus and his sister-wife Laodice.

Biography

Her name is the diminutive form of the name of Drypetis, daughter of the Achaemenid king Darius III.Шаблон:Sfn She had a double row of teeth.Шаблон:Sfn According to Ammianus Marcellinus, during the Third Mithridatic War, Drypetina, severely ill, was left behind in the fortress of Sinora under the protection of the eunuch Menophilus. When the Roman forces under Mallius Priscus besieged the fortress, Menophilus killed the princess to prevent her from being captured by the Romans and then committed suicide (Amm. Marc. XVI.7.10).Шаблон:Sfn She appears in De Mulieribus Claris by Giovanni Boccaccio as "Dripetrua, queen of Laodicea".Шаблон:Cn

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