Atossa

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Atossa was a prominent Achaemenid Persian queen, daughter of Cyrus the Great and later wife of Darius I, who played a significant role in the early Persian Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid queen
historical figure
associatedWith Persepolis terrace
surface form: Persian royal court at Persepolis

Susa
surface form: Persian royal court at Susa
birthPlace Persia
child Achaemenes
surface form: Achaemenes (son of Darius I)

Hystaspes
surface form: Hystaspes (son of Darius I)

Masistes
Xerxes I NERFINISHED
country Achaemenid Empire
culturalDepiction The Persians (play) by Aeschylus
deathPlace Persia
dynasty Achaemenid dynasty
ethnicity Persian
father Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED
gender female
historicalSource Classical Greek historians
house Achaemenid dynasty
surface form: House of Achaemenes
influenced imperial policy of Darius I (according to tradition)
languageOfName Old Persian
mentionedIn works of Herodotus
surface form: Histories by Herodotus
mother Cassandane
nameVariant Atossa (Greek form)
Hutaosa
nativeLanguage Old Persian
nobleFamily Achaemenid dynasty
surface form: Achaemenid family
notableEvent alleged encouragement of Darius I’s campaign against Greece
notableFor being mother of Xerxes I
influence over succession in the Achaemenid Empire
notableRelative Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED
Darius I NERFINISHED
Xerxes I NERFINISHED
parent Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED
positionHeld Queen of the Achaemenid Empire
relative Artobazanes
religion ancient Iranian religion
roleIn early consolidation of the Achaemenid Empire
sibling Atossa’s unnamed sisters
Bardiya
Cambyses II
spouse Bardiya
Cambyses II
Darius I NERFINISHED
Gaumata
timePeriod 5th century BC
6th century BC
title Queen consort of Persia

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