Mithridate is a tragedy in five acts (with respectively 5, 6, 6, 7, and 5 scenes) in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine.
First performed on January 13, 1673 at the Hotel de Bourgogne, Mithridates follows Bajazet and precedes Iphigénie in Racine's work.
Mithridates VI Eupator reigned over the kingdom of Pontus, around the Black Sea.
Racine shows several episodes of the life of Mithridates in one day and, as usual, gives great importance to the amorous intrigues.
In terms of style, the piece is distinguished by a large number of long speeches and monologues.