Triteuta
Triteuta (Ancient Greek: Τριτεύτα; fl. 230–219 BC) was the first wife of Agron, the king of the Ardiaei (r. 250–231 BC), with whom she had a son named Pinnes.
| Triteuta | |
|---|---|
| Successor | Teuta |
| Spouse | Agron (1st) Demetrius of Pharos (2nd) |
Some time before his death (231/230 BC), Agron divorced Triteuta and married Teuta. Their son, crown prince Pinnes, was placed under guardianship of step-mother Teuta (the Queen regent) until after the First Illyrian War (228 BC).
According to Dio Chrysostom, Demetrius of Pharos married Triteuta and became regent for Pinnes,[1] after the war, thus becoming the most powerful of the Illyrian rulers in the 220s BC.[2]
With Demetrius removed from the throne in 219 BC it is likely that Triteuta was no longer queen.
References
- Kos 2005, p. 267.
- Dzino 2010, p. 51.
Sources
- A. E. Astin (7 December 1989). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-0-521-23448-1.
- Danijel Dzino (21 January 2010). Illyricum in Roman Politics, 229 BC–AD 68. Cambridge University Press. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1-139-48423-7.
- Marjeta Šašel Kos (2005). Appian and Illyricum. Narodni Muzej Slovenije. ISBN 978-961-6169-36-3.
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