Mithridatum and the death of Mithridates
Posted in Mithridates on January 16th, 2010 by Swany – Be the first to comment
The bust of Mithridates as Hercules is in the Louvre (Paris).
Encyclopaedia Romana: Compendium of quotes on Mithridates and his antidote to poison (thereiac): from Justin, Epitome (XXXVII.2); Celsus, De Medicina (V.23.3); Cassius Dio (XXXVII.13); Pliny (XXIX.24-25); and A. E. Houseman, “Terence, This is Stupid Stuff.”