Achaemenid Empire Queen consort
Amestris (Greek : Άμηστρις , Amēstris , perhaps the same as Άμαστρις, Amāstris , from Old Persian Amāstrī- , "strong woman")[ 2] was an Achaemenid queen, wife of king Xerxes I and mother of king Artaxerxes I .[ 3] [ 4]
She was poorly regarded by ancient Greek historians.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
^ Amestris made human sacrifice. See Boyce, Mary (1989). A History of Zoroastrianism: The early period, p. 141.
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^ Smith, William (1867). "Amestris (I)" . In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company . p. 137. Archived from the original on 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2010-02-27 .
^ Herodotus , John Kenrick The Egypt of Herodotus being the second and part of the third books of his history , p.XVII (1841)
^ Herodotus , Histories vii. 61, 114, ix. 108—113
^ Ctesias , Persica c. 20. 30. ed. Lion
^ Plutarch , Alcibiades p. 123, c.