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Triteuta

Triteuta
SuccessorTeuta
SpouseAgron (1st)
Demetrius of Pharos (2nd)

Triteuta (Ancient Greek: Τριτεύτα; fl. 230–219 BC) was an Illyrian queen and the first wife of the Illyrian king Agron of the Ardiaei (r. 250–231 BC), with whom she had a son named Pinnes.[1][2]

Sometime before his death (231/230 BC), Agron divorced Triteuta and married Teuta. Their son, crown prince Pinnes, was placed under the guardianship of step-mother Teuta (the Queen regent) until after the First Illyrian War (228 BC).[3][2] It is believed that, at some point, Teuta abdicated, died, or was removed, and the regency for Pinnes was taken by Demetrius of Pharos.[4][5]

According to Dio Chrysostom, Demetrius of Pharos married Triteuta and became regent for Pinnes,[6] [2]after the war, thus becoming the most powerful of the Illyrian rulers in the 220s BC.[7][5]

  1. ^ Šašel Kos 2007, p. 133
  2. ^ a b c Winnifrith, T. J. (2021-05-05). Nobody's Kingdom: A History of Northern Albania. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-909930-96-4.
  3. ^ Waterfield, Robin (2014). Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-991689-4.
  4. ^ Hammond, N. G. L. (November 1968). "Illyris, Rome and Macedon in 229–205 B.C." The Journal of Roman Studies. 58 (1–2): 1–21. doi:10.2307/299691. ISSN 1753-528X. JSTOR 299691.
  5. ^ a b Berranger, Danièle; antiques, Centre de recherches sur les civilisations (2007). Épire, Illyrie, Macédoine: mélanges offerts au professeur Pierre Cabanes (in French). Presses Univ Blaise Pascal. ISBN 978-2-84516-351-5.
  6. ^ Šašel Kos 2005, p. 267.
  7. ^ Dzino 2010, p. 51.

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