Nitocris

Role: queen of Babylon · First appears: Book 1 · §183–189

Life events

Nitocris drowned Egyptians involved in her brother’s murder by flooding their banquet.(Book 2 · §100–107)
- “Then while they were feasting, she let in the river upon them by a secret conduit of large size.”
Nitocris threw herself into a room full of embers to escape vengeance.(Book 2 · §100–107)
- “Of her they told no more than this, except that, when this had been accomplished, she threw herself into a room full of embers, in order that she might escape vengeance.”

child: Labynetos “and it was the son of this woman, bearing the same name as his father, Labynetos, and being ruler over the Assyrians, against whom Cyrus was marching.”
with Semiramis (interaction) “Of these, the one who ruled first, named Semiramis, who lived five generations before the other, produced banks of earth in the plain which are a sight worth seeing; and before this the river used to flood like a sea over the whole plain. 185. The queen who lived after her time, named Nitocris, was wiser than she who had reigned before;”
with Dareios (interaction) “This tomb was undisturbed until the kingdom came to Dareios; but to Dareios it seemed that it was a monstrous thing not to make any use of this gate, and also, when there was money lying there, not to take it, considering that the money itself invited him to do so.”

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