Nysa

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. 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.

Cultural depictions Nysa is mentioned but does not appear in the novel The October Horse by Colleen McCullough. She appears briefly in Hail, Caesar! by Fletcher Pratt.

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