Artaÿnte

Family: Persian · Role: daughter of Masistes · First appears: Book 9 · §103–110

Life events

• Xeinagoras stopped Artaÿnte from killing Masistes by throwing him to the ground.(Book 9 · §103–110)
  • With: Xeinagoras Masistes
  • “and this man seized him by the middle and lifting him up dashed him upon the ground”
• Xerxes took Artaÿnte, Dareios’s wife, as his lover.(Book 9 · §103–110 · 📍 Susa)
  • With: Xerxes Dareios
  • “and when he had arrived there and had brought the woman into his own house for Dareios, then he ceased from attempting the wife of Masistes and changing his inclination he conceived a desire for the wife of Dareios, who was daughter of Masistes, and obtained her”
• Amestris learned that Artaÿnte had received Xerxes’s mantle.(Book 9 · §103–110)
  • With: Amestris Xerxes
  • “And Amestris was informed that she had it”

Book 9 · §103–110

• parent: Masistes “the wife of Dareios, who was daughter of Masistes”
• engaged with Dareios “Then having made the betrothal and done all the customary rites”
• married with Dareios “he conceived a desire for the wife of Dareios, who was daughter of Masistes, and obtained her: now the name of this woman was Artaÿnte.”
• admirer: Xerxes “he conceived a desire for the wife of Dareios, who was daughter of Masistes, and obtained her: now the name of this woman was Artaÿnte.”

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