Antiochis of Commagene

Antiochis of Commagene (Ancient Greek: Aντιoχίς) — was a Princess from the Kingdom of Commagene, who lived in the 1st century BC.^[1][2] She was of Greek and Iranian descent.

Life

Antiochis was the second daughter of King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene and Queen Isias Philostorgos.^[3] Unfortunately very little is known on Antiochis. The identity of her husband is unknown and she had a daughter called Aka, also known as Aka I of Commagene.^[1][4]

She appeared to have died of unknown causes sometime between the late 30s or early 20s BC. Antiochis was buried along with her mother and her daughter on a burial site known as the Karakush or Karakuş Tumulus.^[3] Her brother, the king Mithridates II, built their tomb, and wrote an inscription which praised his sister Antiochis, his niece Aka, and their mother, Isias.^[2][3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Antiochis of Commagene

16. King Ptolemaeus of Commagene 8. King Sames II Theosebes Dikaios of Commagene 4. King Mithridates I Callinicus of Commagene 9. Princess Pythodoris of Pontus 2. King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene 20. King Demetrius II Nicator of the Seleucid Empire 10. King Antiochus VIII Grypus of the Seleucid Empire 21. Princess Cleopatra Thea of Egypt 5. Princess Laodice VII Thea of the Seleucid Empire 22. Ptolemy VIII Physcon of Egypt 11. Princess Tryphaena of Egypt 23. Cleopatra III of Egypt 1. Princess Antiochis of Commagene 6. King Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia 3. Princess Isias Philostorgos of Cappadocia 7. Athenais Philostorgos I