Amestris

Amestris
Queen consort of the Achaemenid Empire
Died424 BC
SpouseXerxes I
IssueDarius
Hystaspes
Artaxerxes I
Rhodogune
Amytis
HouseAchaemenid
FatherOtanes
ReligionZoroastrianism[1]

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]

  1. ^ Amestris made human sacrifice. See Boyce, Mary (1989). A History of Zoroastrianism: The early period, p. 141.
  2. ^ electricpulp.com. ""Amestris" in Encyclopedia Iranica". Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Herodotus, John Kenrick The Egypt of Herodotus being the second and part of the third books of his history, p.XVII (1841)
  5. ^ Herodotus, Histories vii. 61, 114, ix. 108—113
  6. ^ Ctesias, Persica c. 20. 30. ed. Lion
  7. ^ Plutarch, Alcibiades p. 123, c.