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Athenais of Media Atropatene
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Athenais () (flourished 1st century BC) was a Princess of the Kingdom of Commagene and a Queen of Media Atropatene and possibly of Sophene by marriage to King Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene. Ancestry Athenais was a royal of Armenian and Greek descent. She was youngest of the five children born to King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene who reigned from 70 BC until 38 BC, and Queen Isias Philostorgos. Her paternal grandparents were the previous ruling Commagenean monarchs Mithridates I Callinicus and the Seleucid Princess and Queen Laodice VII Thea. Her maternal grandparents were the Roman Client King of Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios who reigned from 95 BC until 63/62 BC and Queen Athenais Philostorgos I. Her maternal uncle was the Roman Client King of Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes II Philopator and her maternal aunt-in-marriage was Athenais Philostorgos II. Her maternal aunt-in-marriage was a Pontian Princess who was the daughter of King Mithridates VI of Pontus from his second marriage to the Anatolian Greek Macedonian noblewoman and Pontian Queen Monime. Athenais was the namesake of her maternal grandmother, her maternal aunt-in-marriage and was the third woman name called Athenais in the family of Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios. Life Athenais was born and raised in the Kingdom of Commagene. At an unknown date, Athenais married King Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene. Issue Athenais and Artavasdes I had three known children: * Daughter, Iotapa who was engaged to the Ptolemaic Greek Prince Alexander Helios He married an unnamed Parthian Arsacid Princess, by whom they had two sons: the Parthian Kings Artabanus III and Vonones II. See Also
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