Amestris

Amestris
Amestris
	Likely bust of an Achaemenid woman, perhaps Amestris
Queen consort of the Achaemenid Empire
Died	c. 440 BC
Spouse	Xerxes I
Issue	Darius; Hystaspes; Artaxerxes I; Rhodogune; Amytis
House	Achaemenid
Father	Otanes
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Amestris (Greek: Άμηστρις, Amēstris, perhaps the same as Άμαστρις, Amāstris, from Old Persian Amāstrī-, "strong woman")^[2] was an Achaemenid queen, wife of king Xerxes I and mother of king Artaxerxes I.^[3]^[4]

She was poorly regarded by ancient Greek historians.^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ Amestris made human sacrifice. See Boyce, Mary (1989). A History of Zoroastrianism: The early period, p. 141.
^ electricpulp.com. ""Amestris" in Encyclopedia Iranica". Retrieved 9 September 2014.
^ Smith, William (1867). "Amestris (I)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 137. Archived from the original on 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
^ Herodotus, John Kenrick The Egypt of Herodotus being the second and part of the third books of his history, p.XVII (1841)
^ Herodotus, Histories vii. 61, 114, ix. 108—113
^ Ctesias, Persica c. 20. 30. ed. Lion
^ Plutarch, Alcibiades p. 123, c.

[1] Amestris made human sacrifice. See Boyce, Mary (1989). A History of Zoroastrianism: The early period, p. 141.

[2] tricpulp.com. ""Amestris" in Encyclopedia Iranica". Retrieved 9 September 2014.

[DGRBM-3] Smith, William (1867). "Amestris (I)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 137. Archived from the original on 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2010-02-27.

[4] Herodotus, John Kenrick The Egypt of Herodotus being the second and part of the third books of his history, p.XVII (1841)

[5] Herodotus, Histories vii. 61, 114, ix. 108—113

[6] Ctesias, Persica c. 20. 30. ed. Lion

[7] Plutarch, Alcibiades p. 123, c.

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