Person
Atossa
Achaemenid queen; daughter of Cyrus II
A daughter of Cyrus II, wife in turn of Cambyses II, the king called Bardiya, and Darius I, and mother of Xerxes I. The Greek picture of her political power exceeds what the Persian record can establish.
- Date
- c. 550–after 480 BCE
- Other names
- Utauθā · Udusa
- Groups
- Achaemenid royal family
- Record status
- Secure identification
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Connections
- Child of
- Parent of
- Sibling of
- Spouse of
- ;
Attested in
- Brosius 2021 in Atossa
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