A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

2. Surnamed Philostorgus (Φιλόστοργος), the wife of Ariobarzanes II., king of Cappadocia, and the mother of Ariobarzanes III. (Cic. Fam. 15.4; Eckhel, iii. p. 200.) It appears from an inscription (Eckhel, iii. p. 199), that the wife of Ariobarzanes I. was also called Athenais.