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Parysatis ( / pəˈrɪsətɪs /; Old Persian: Parušyātiš, Ancient Greek: Παρύσατις; 5th-century BC) was a Persian queen, consort of Darius II and had a large influence during the reign of Artaxerxes II . Biography. Parysatis was the daughter of King of Kings Artaxerxes I of Persia and Andia of Babylon.
Parysatis, the youngest daughter of Artaxerxes III of Persia, married Alexander the Great in 324 BC at the Susa weddings. She may have been murdered by Alexander's first wife, Roxana, in 323 BC. Early life.
He was the son and successor of Darius II and was surnamed (in Greek) Mnemon, meaning “the mindful.”. When Artaxerxes took the Persian throne, the power of Athens had been broken in the Peloponnesian War (431–404), and the Greek towns across the Aegean Sea in Ionia were again subjects of the Achaemenid Empire.
Parysatis II (c. 350–323 bce) Persian princess and wife of Alexander the Great. Born around 350 bce; died in 323 bce; youngest daughter of Artaxerxes III Ochos, king of Persia (r. 359/8–338 bce) and sister of Artaxerxes IV, king of Persia (r. 338–336 bce); married Alexander III the Great (356–323 bce), king of Macedonia (r. 335–323 bce).
Parysatis (/pəˈrɪsətᵻs/; Ancient Greek: Παρύσατις) was the 5th-century BC illegitimate daughter of Artaxerxes I, Emperor of Persia and Andia of Babylon.She was the half-sister of Xerxes II, Sogdianus, and Darius II.
Parysatis I was the daughter of Artaxerxes I, king of Persia, and Andia , a Babylonian, and the half-sister and wife of Darius II, king of Persia from 424 to 404 bce. Darius and Parysatis shared the same father.
Parysatis or Parysatis Ochus 1. Daughter of Artaxerxes I. Longimanus, king of Persia, was given by her father in marriage to her own brother Dareius, surnamed Ochus, who in B. C. 424 succeeded Xerxes II. on the throne of Persia. (Ctes. Pers. 44, ed. Baehr.)
Parysatis - Encyclopedia. GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES. PARYSATIS, daughter of Artaxerxes I., married to her brother Ochus (Ctesias, Pers. 44), who in 424 B.C. became king of Persia under the name of Darius II. (q.v.).
Parysatis is ultimately a novel about two powerful women: the ancient queen who ruled an empire from her harem and the modern archaeologist and writer who resurrected her.
Parysatis. 2. The youngest daughter of Ochus (Artaxerxes III.), king of Persia, whom according to Arrian ( Arr. Anab. 7.4.5) Alexander the Great married at Susa, B. C. 325, at the same time with Barsine or Stateira, the daughter of Dareius. Arrian cites Aristobulus as his authority; but this second marriage is not mentioned by any other author.
