LIST OF ROYAL MARRIAGE ALLIANCES
A. The Early Persian Kings
| Cambyses I, married to Mandane, daughter of Astyages (Hdt. 1. 107. 1; Xen. Cyr. 1. 2. 1) | |
| Cyrus II, married to Amytis?, daughter of Astyages ( FGrH 688 F 9 (2)), and Cassandane, daughter of Pharnaspes (Hdt. 3. 1. 1) | |
| Cambyses II, married to Roxane ( FGrH 688 F 13 (12)), two sisters? (Hdt. 3. 31. 1), and Phaidyme?, daughter of Otanes (Hdt. 3. 68. 3) |
B. The Alliances of Darius I
| 1. | 1. Alliances between Darius I and Royal Daughters Darius I, married to Atossa, Artystone, Parmys (Hdt. 3. 88. 2-3) | ||||||||||||
| 2. | 2. Interalliances between Darius I or Members of his Immediate Family,
and the Family of Gobryas and Otanes
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| 3. | 3. Interfamilial Alliance Darius, married to Phratagune, daughter of Artanes (Halt. 7. 224. 2) |
C. The Alliances of Achaemenid Kings after Darius I (heirs presumptive
appear in brackets)
| Xerxes, married to Amestris (Hdt. 7 61. 2) | |
| ( Darius), married to Artaynte (Hdt. 9. 108. 1) | |
| Artaxerxes I, married to Damaspia ( FGrH 688 F 15 (44)) |
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Publication information:
Book title: Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 B.C.
Contributors: Maria Brosius - Author.
Publisher: Clarendon Press.
Place of publication: Oxford.
Publication year: 1998.
Page number: 204.
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