Athenais Philostorgos na II

Athenais Philostorgos II (Girkanci), wanda aka fi sani da Athenais Filostorgus II ko **Athenais na Ponto**, yarima ce ta Masarautar Pontus, kuma sarauniya ce ta Cappadocia ta wurin auren Sarki Ariobarzanes II Philopator .  Sunan ta a Helenanci yana fassara zuwa "Athenais mai ƙauna". 

## Rayuwa
Yaron Sarki Mithridates VI na Pontus daga aurensa na biyu ga mace mai daraja ta Makidoniya ta Anatolian da Sarauniya Monime ta Pontian, ta kasance gimbiya ce ta asalin Farisa da Girka na Makidoniya. An haife ta kuma ta girma a Masarautar Pontos, iyayenta sun ba ta sunan gargajiya na Girkanci. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]&#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>

Athenais ya auri Yarima na Cappadocian kuma daga baya Sarki Ariobarzanes II Philopator,  wanda ya fito ne daga Farisa da Girka. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

### Sarauniya
Ariobarzanes II ya gaji mahaifinsa a matsayin Sarki a 63 BC-62 BC, lokacin da mahaifinsa Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios ya bar kursiyinsa. Lokacin da Ariobarzanes II ya zama sarki, Athenais ya zama sarauniya ta Cappadocia, ta gaji taken girmamawa na "Philostorgos", wanda shine sunan girmamawa na mahaifiyar Ariobarzanos II, Athenais Philostorgos I.

Athenais yana da alaƙa da sarakuna da sarakuna na baya na Cappadocia. Gwaggo ta Laodice na Cappadocia sarauniya ce, 'yan uwanta na mahaifinta, Ariarathes IX, Ariarethes VII, da Ariaraths VIII, kuma dan uwanta Ariarathas IX duk sun yi aiki a matsayin sarakunan da suka gabata na Cappadonia. Ta hanyar Seleucid da zuriyar mahaifinta, Athenais tana da alaƙa da kakannin Ariarathes VI. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]&#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>

Ariobarzanes II ya yi mulki a matsayin sarkin Cappadocia daga c. 63 BC-62 BC har zuwa kisan da aka yi masa a c. 51 BC. Akwai rubuce-rubucen girmamawa daban-daban da aka keɓe ga Athenais. A lokacin aurensu, Athenais ta haifi Ariobarzanes II 'ya'ya maza biyu: Ariobarzanes III Eusebes Philoromaios da Ariarathes X Eusebes Philadelphos . 'Ya'yanta maza za su yi aiki a cikin sarakuna na ƙarshe na Cappadocia. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

Sunan "Ariobarzanes" ba kawai sunan ne daga dangin mijinta ba, har ma da sunan daga danginta. Athenais yana da kakannin siyasa guda uku na wannan sunan: Ariobarzanes na Frigia, wanda ya bunƙasa a ƙarni na 5 BC, Ariobarzanos II na Cius, wanda ya ci gaba a ƙarni ya 4 BC, da kuma tsohon Sarkin Pontian Ariobarzanes na Pontus. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]&#x5B;**&#x5D;

### Uwar sarauniya
Bayan mutuwar mijinta, ɗanta na farko ya gaji mahaifinsa a matsayin Sarki kuma ta zama gwauruwa wacce ba ta sake yin aure ba. Athenais ya zama sananne a matsayin 'Sarauniya-Mahaifiyar' ta Cappadocia . 

A lokacin mulkin Ariobarzanes III, Gwamnan Roma na Cilicia Marcus Tullius Cicero ya gargadi Sarki cewa Athenais na iya zama abokin gaba a gare shi.[1] Gargadi na Cicero ya dogara ne akan kishi na Athenais, game da manyan mutane biyu da ake kira Methras da Athenaeus. Sun kasance ministoci da ƙaunataccen ɗanta na farko, kuma an kore su, ta hanyar kishi na Athenais, daga Kotun Sarautar Kapadokiya. Koyaya, daga baya Cicero ya tuno da Methras da Athenaeus. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida] [ana buƙatar hujja][citation needed]

## Manazarta