Cassandane

Family: Persian · Role: daughter of Pharnaspes; mother of Cambyses · First appears: Book 2 · §1–8

Life events

• Cassandane died before Cyrus, who publicly mourned her death.(Book 2 · §1–8)
  • With: Cyrus
  • “for whose death, which came about before his own, Cyrus had made great mourning himself and also had proclaimed to all those over whom he bore rule that they should make mourning for her”

Book 2 · §1–8

• child: Cambyses (son of Cyrus) (Cassandane is Cambyses's mother.) “Cambyses received the royal power in succession, being the son of Cyrus and of Cassandane the daughter of Pharnaspes”
• parent: Pharnaspes (Pharnaspes is Cassandane's father.) “Cambyses received the royal power in succession, being the son of Cyrus and of Cassandane the daughter of Pharnaspes”

Book 3 · §1–8

• married with Cyrus “Cassandane, who was the wife of Cyrus, spoke as follows:”
• parent: Pharnaspes “Cambyses was the son of Cassandane the daughter of Pharnaspes, a man of the Achaimenid family”
• child: Cambyses (son of Cyrus) “when she saw standing by the side of Cassandane children comely of form and tall, she was loud in her praises of them, expressing great admiration; and Cassandane, who was the wife of Cyrus, spoke as follows: ”

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