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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Label Occurrences
Atossa canonical 16

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid queen
historical figure
associatedWith Persian royal court at Persepolis
linked to: Persepolis terrace

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

Hystaspes (son of Darius I)
linked to: Hystaspes

Masistes
Xerxes I
country Achaemenid Empire
culturalDepiction The Persians (play) by Aeschylus
deathPlace Persia
dynasty Achaemenid dynasty
ethnicity Persian
father Cyrus the Great
gender female
historicalSource Classical Greek historians
house House of Achaemenes
linked to: Achaemenid dynasty
influenced imperial policy of Darius I (according to tradition)
languageOfName Old Persian
mentionedIn Histories by Herodotus
linked to: works of Herodotus
mother Cassandane
nameVariant Atossa (Greek form)
Hutaosa
nativeLanguage Old Persian
nobleFamily Achaemenid family
linked to: Achaemenid dynasty
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
Darius I
linked to: Darius I of Persia

Xerxes I
parent Cyrus the Great
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
linked to: Darius I of Persia

Gaumata
timePeriod 5th century BC
6th century BC
title Queen consort of Persia

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyrus the Great child Atossa
Darius I of Persia spouse Atossa
Xerxes I mother Atossa
Artaxerxes III spouse Atossa
Artystone relative Atossa
Masistes mother Atossa
Amestris relative Atossa
House of Cyrus hasMember Atossa
Hutaosa alternativeFormOf Atossa
Hutaosa nameBearer Atossa