Parysatis

Family: Persian · Role: queen mother · First appears: Artaxerxes

Life events

Parysatis persuaded Artaxerxes to marry Atossa and declare her his lawful wife.(Artaxerxes)
- With: Artaxerxes Atossa
- “In fine, she persuaded him to marry her and declare her to be his lawful wife, overriding all the principles and the laws by which the Greeks hold themselves bound, and regarding himself as divinely appointed for a law to the Persians, and the supreme arbitrator of good and evil.”

child: Artaxerxes “the grandson of the former, by his daughter Parysatis, who brought Darius four sons, the eldest Artaxerxes”
child: Cyrus “who brought Darius four sons, the eldest Artaxerxes, the next Cyrus”
child: Ostanes “who brought Darius four sons, the eldest Artaxerxes, the next Cyrus, and two younger than these, Ostanes and Oxathres.”
child: Oxathres “who brought Darius four sons, the eldest Artaxerxes, the next Cyrus, and two younger than these, Ostanes and Oxathres.”
enemies with Statira “For which words Parysatis hating Statira, and being naturally implacable and savage in her anger and revenge, consulted how she might destroy her.”
protégé: Clearchus “he ministered to and supplied him thus by the interest and at the instance of Parysatis.”
enemies with Masabates “Masabates, the king's eunuch, who had cut off the hand and head of Cyrus, remained still as a mark for Parysatis's vengeance.”
servant: Gigis “Among her attendant women there was one that was trusty and in the highest esteem with her, whose name was Gigis”

Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.