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

(Μιθριδάτης).

1. An eunuch who was one of the personal attendants of Xerxes, and enjoyed a high place in the favour of that monarch, but joined with Artabanus in the conspiracy to assassinate him (B. C. 465), and enabled the latter to effect his purpose by giving him admission into the king's bedroom. (Diod. 11.69.)