Herodotus' Histories

Artystone

Family: Persian · Role: daughter of Cyrus; mother of Arsames · First appears: Book 3 · §83–90

Life events

  • Dareios married Atossa, Artystone, and Parmys.(Book 3 · §83–90)
    • With: Dareios Atossa Cambyses Smerdis Parmys
    • “for he married two daughters of Cyrus, Atossa and Artystone, of whom the one, Arossa, had before been the wife of Cambyses her brother and then afterwards of the Magian, while Artystone was a virgin; and besides them he married the daughter of Smerdis the son of Cyrus, whose name was Parmys”
  • Dotos was commander of the Paphlagonians and Matienians; Gobryas commanded the Mariandynoi, Lygians, and Syrians.(Book 7 · §70–85)
    • With: Dotos Megasidros Gobryas Dareios
    • “Of the Paphlagonians and Matienians the commander was Dotos the son of Megasidros, and of the Mariandynoi and Lygians and Syrians, Gobryas, who was the son of Dareios and Artystone.”

Book 3 · §83–90

  • parent: Cyrus “for he married two daughters of Cyrus, Atossa and Artystone,”
  • married with Dareios “for he married two daughters of Cyrus, Atossa and Artystone,”

Book 7 · §57–69

  • parent: Cyrus “Of the Arabians and the Ethiopians who dwelt above Egypt the commander was Arsames, the son of Dareios and of Artystone, the daughter of Cyrus, whom Dareios loved most of all his wives, and had an image made of her of beaten gold.”
  • child: Arsames (son of Dareios) “Of the Arabians and the Ethiopians who dwelt above Egypt the commander was Arsames, the son of Dareios and of Artystone, the daughter of Cyrus, whom Dareios loved most of all his wives, and had an image made of her of beaten gold.”
  • married with Dareios “Arsames the son of Dareios and of Artystone, the daughter of Cyrus, whom Dareios loved most of all his wives”

Book 7 · §70–85

  • parent: Gobryas “Of the Paphlagonians and Matienians the commander was Dotos the son of Megasidros, and of the Mariandynoi and Lygians and Syrians, Gobryas, who was the son of Dareios and Artystone.”

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