Camasarye Philotecnus
{{Short description|2nd-century BC Bosporan queen regnant}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Kamasarye II Philoteknos
| title =
| succession = Queen of the Bosporan Kingdom
| image =
| image_size = 280px
| caption =
| reign = c. 180-150 BC{{Cite book |last=Ustinova |first=Yulia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-l5DwAAQBAJ&dq=camasarye+180&pg=PA48 |title=The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom: Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God |date=2015-08-27 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-29590-2 |pages=48 |language=en}} or c. 180-160 BC{{Cite book |last=Rostovtzeff |first=Michael Ivanovitch |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BNZrL7mGwDUC&pg=PA223 |title=Skythien und der Bosporus, Band II: wiederentdeckte Kapitel und Verwandtes |date=1993 |publisher=Franz Steiner Verlag |isbn=978-3-515-06399-9 |pages=223 |language=de}}
| native_lang1 = Greek
| native_lang1_name1 = {{lang|grc|Καμασαρύη}}
| birth_date = Unknown
| birth_place = Bosporan Kingdom
| death_date =
| death_place = Panticapaeum
| predecessor = {{ill|Spartocus V|ru|Спарток V}}
| successor = Paerisades IV
| regent = Paerisades III
| reg-type = Co-ruler
| spouse = *Paerisades III
- Argotes
| royal house = Spartocid
| father = {{ill|Spartocus V|ru|Спарток V}}
| mother =
| issue = *Paerisades IV
}}
Camasarye II Philoctenus ({{langx|el|Καμασαρύη Φιλότεκνος|Kamasarye Philoktenos}}) or Comosarye was a daughter of {{ill|Spartocus V|ru|Спарток V}}{{cite book|title=Brill Online Reference Works
|date=October 2006 |url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/kamasarye-philoteknos-e607620|quote=Daughter of the Bosporan king Spartocus V }} and a Spartocid queen of the Bosporan Kingdom from 180-160/150 BC. She was the wife of her cousin Paerisades III{{cite book|title=Brill Online Reference Works
|date=October 2006 |url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/kamasarye-philoteknos-e607620|quote=and wife of his successor, Paerisades III}} and a granddaughter of Leucon II. She co-ruled with Paerisades III.{{Cite web |title=В.М. Зубарь, А.С. Русяева. На берегах Боспора Киммерийского : Нарушение престолонаследия и угасание династии Спартокидов |url=http://www.sno.pro1.ru/lib/zubar_na_beregakh_bospora/5.htm#spart |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.sno.pro1.ru}}
Reign
Camasarye is presumably the namesake of one of her ancestors named Comosarye, another Bosporan queen of relative significance who also married her cousin named Paerisades.{{cite journal|last=D. E. W. Wormell|title=Studies in Greek tyranny—II. Leucon of Bosporus
|journal=Hermathena
|year=1946
|issue=68
|pages=49–71
|jstor=23037564|quote=when the joining of the two nations had been symbolized in the marriage of Comosarye and Paerisades, he took the title "king of sindi"}} After the death of her grandfather Leucon II, she was presumably too young to rule as heir, so Hygiaenon, a prominent member of the aristocracy, ruled as Archon and probably as regent presumably until she or her father were of age.{{cite book|last=Elena Stolyarik
|title=THE REIGN AND CHRONOLOGY OF THE ARCHON HYGIAENON. Leucon of Bosporus
|jstor=43580389|quote=before her marriage with her cousin Paerisades III, she was supported by an eminent member of the Bosporan aristocracy, Hygiaenon.}} He ruled until 200 BC, at which point her father Spartocus became king and ruled until 180 BC.
Camasarye became queen in 180 BC and was very politically active throughout her reign as queen being mentioned in many inscriptions,{{cite book|title=Brill Online Reference Works
|date=October 2006 |url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/kamasarye-philoteknos-e607620|quote=very active politically and mentioned in many inscriptions along with him}} such as with her and her husband Paerisades being honored at Delphi for the treatment of foreigners in their kingdom.{{cite book|last=Polyaenus|title=Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum|url=http://www.attalus.org/docs/sig1/s439.html|quote=[It was resolved by the city of Delphi in full assembly with] a vote [as prescribed by law]: since king Pairisades and queen Kamasaryē, daughter of king Spartokos, have in the same way as their predecessors continually acted piously towards the gods, and have shown kindness to those of the citizens who have visited them}} At some point during her reign, she took the surname "Philotecnus" which means "children-adoring" possibly to show a strong bond with her children. She bore presumably two sons to Paerisades, Paerisades IV and Paerisades V, the last kings of the Bosporan Kingdom.{{cn|date=September 2022}}
Prior to 160 BC, Camasarye married Argotes, who may have been a Scythian prince and a son of an individual called Isanthus.{{cite book|title=Associations in the Greco-Roman World|url=http://philipharland.com/greco-roman-associations/85-honors-by-a-society-for-the-royal-family-of-the-bosporan-kingdom|quote=On behalf of the leader and king Pairisades, son of king Pairisades, mother–adoring, queen Kamasarye daughter of Spartokos, child–adoring, and Argotas son of Isanthos, husband of queen Kamasarye, the synagogue–leader}}{{cite book|title=Brill Online Reference Works
|date=October 2006 |url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/kamasarye-philoteknos-e607620|quote=She married Argotas before 160 BC.}}
Succession
Camasarye was succeeded by her presumably eldest son Paerisades IV in 150 BC, who took the surname "Philometor" perhaps to show a strong relationship with his mother. He was then later succeeded by Paerisades V in 125 BC, the last Spartocid ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom.{{cn|date=September 2022}}
References
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Category:Monarchs of the Bosporan Kingdom
Category:2nd-century BC monarchs in Europe