Nysa or Nyssa (, flourished second half of 2nd century BC and first half of 1st century BC) was a Greek princess from the kingdom of Bithynia.
Biography Nysa was the daughter of monarchs Nicomedes III of Bithynia and Nysa, a princess from the kingdom of Cappadocia.McGing, The foreign policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus p.143 She was the namesake of her mother and had several half-brothers, Nicomedes IV of Bithynia (reigned from c. 94 BC to c. 74 BC) from her father's first marriage to Aristonica, Socrates Chrestus born by her father's concubine Hagne, and possibly Pylaemenes III by an unknown woman (whom her father placed as king of Paphlagonia). She was born and raised in Bithynia.
According to Suetonius (Caesar. 49), her cause was defended by the Roman politician Gaius Julius Caesar in gratitude for her father's friendship.Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 1217
Cultural depictions Nysa is mentioned but does not appear in the novel The October Horse by Colleen McCullough.Colleen McCullough; The October Horse: A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra She appears briefly in Hail, Caesar! by Fletcher Pratt.Pratt, Fletcher. Williams & Norgate, 1938. Hail, Caesar! - page: 41
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References
Sources McGing, B. C., The foreign policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus (Mnemosyne Series, Suppl.89), BRILL, 1986; Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 1218