MITHRADATES  , less correctly MITHRIDATES, a See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian name derived from See also:

• MITHRAS

Mithras (q.v.), the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun-See also:

• GOD

god, and the Indo-See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root da, " to give," i.e . " given by Mithras." The name occurs also in the forms Mitradates (See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

Herod. i . See also:

• ITO, HIROBUMI, PRINCE (1841-1909)

Ito) and Meherdates (Tac . See also:

• ANN

Ann. xii . 1o) . It was See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by a large number of See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, soldiers and statesmen . The earliest are Mithradates, the See also:

• EUNUCH (Gr. Evvoi3Xos)

eunuch who helped See also:

• ARTABANUS

Artabanus to assassinate See also:

• XERXES (the Greek form of the Pers. Khshayarsha; Old Testament Ahasverus, Akhashverosh—i.e. Ahasuerus (q.v.)—with wrong vocalization and substitution of y for v, instead of Akhshavarsh; in Aramaic inscriptions and papyri from Egypt the name is written Khs

Xerxes I . (Diod. xi . 69), and the Mithradates who fought first with See also:

• CYRUS
• CYRUS (Gr. KDpos; Pers. Kuru-sh; Babyl. Kurash; Hebr. Koresh)

Cyrus the Younger and after his See also:

• DEATH

death with See also:

• ARTAXERXES

Artaxerxes against the Greeks (Xen . Anab. ii . 5, 35; iii . 3, 1–10; iii .

4, 1–5), and is the ancestor of the kings of See also:

• PONTUS

Pontus . The most important are three kings of See also:

• PARTHIA

Parthia of the Arsacid See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty, and six (or four) kings of Pontus . There were also two kings of Commagene, two of the See also:

• BOSPORUS, or BOSPHORUS (Gr. Boo-iopos=ox-ford, tradition-ally connected with Io, daughter of Inachus, who, in the form of a heifer, crossed the Thracian Bosporus on her wanderings)

Bosporus and one of See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia (A.D . 35–51) .