Apame IV (), sometimes known as Apama IV, was a princess from the Antigonid dynasty. Her father was Philip V, King from 221 BC to 179 BC and her brother was

Perseus In Greek mythology, Perseus (, ; Greek language, Greek: Περσεύς, Romanization of Greek, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Greek hero and slayer of ...

, King from 179 BC to 167 BC. She was the wife of King Prusias II Cynegus of

Bithynia Bithynia (; ) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast a ...

, and mother of his successor,

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. Her husband was her cousin because her aunt

Apama III Apama (), sometimes known as Apama I or Apame I, was a Sogdian noblewoman and the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus I Nicator. They married at Susa in 324 BC. According to Arrian, Apama was the daughter of the Sogdian ba ...

, was the wife of Prusias I Cholus.Radicke, Jan. ''IVA: Biography, Fascicle 7 Imperial and Undated Authors''. Brill Academic Publishers, 1999, pg74

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