Nitetis

Family: Egyptian · Role: daughter of Apries · First appears: Book 3 · §1–8

Life events

Amasis sent Nitetis to Cambyses disguised as his own daughter.(Book 3 · §1–8 · 📍 Persia)
- With: Amasis
- “This girl Amasis adorned with raiment and with gold, and sent her away to Persia as his own daughter”
Nitetis revealed to Cambyses that she was Apries’s daughter, not Amasis’s.(Book 3 · §1–8)
- With: Cambyses Amasis Apries
- “O king, thou dost not perceive how thou hast been deceived by Amasis; for he adorned me with ornaments and sent me away giving me to thee as his own daughter, whereas in truth I am the daughter of Apries against whom Amasis rose up with the Egyptians and murdered him, who was his lord and master.”

parent: Apries “there was a daughter of Apries the former king, very tall and comely of form and the only person left of his house, and her name was Nitetis.”
with Cambyses (son of Cyrus) (Cambyses intended Nitetis to be his concubine.) “for he was well assured that Cambyses did not intend to have her as his wife but as a concubine.”
with Amasis (Amasis sent Nitetis to Persia while falsely presenting her as his daughter.) “This girl Amasis adorned with raiment and with gold, and sent her away to Persia as his own daughter”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.