Berisades
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Berisades (in Greek Bερισαδης) was a ruler in Thrace, who inherited, in conjunction with Amadocus and Cersobleptes, the dominions of the Thracian king Cotys on the death of the latter in 358 BC. Berisades was probably a son of Cotys and a brother of the other two princes. His reign was short, as he was already dead in 352 BC; and on his death Cersobleptes declared war against his children.1 The Birisades (Bιρισαδης) mentioned by Dinarchus2 is probably the same as Paerisades, the king of the Bosporan Kingdom, who must not be confounded with the Berisades mentioned above. The Berisades, king of Pontus, whom Stratonicus, the player on the lyre, visited3, must also be regarded as the same as Parisades.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).
