Darius (son of Xerxes I) - Wikipedia Darius (son of Xerxes I) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Crown Prince of Persia Darius Crown Prince of Persia Died 465 BC Persia Spouse Artaynte Dynasty Achaemenid Father Xerxes I of Persia Mother Amestris Darius was crown prince of the Persian Empire. He was the eldest son of the Persian king Xerxes I and his wife Amestris, the daughter of Onophas. His younger brothers were Hystaspes and Artaxerxes, and his younger sisters were Rhodogyne and Amytis. Circa 478 BC, before the revolt at Bactria, Darius was married to his cousin Artaynte at Sardis. She was the daughter of his uncle Masistes. At the behest of Xerxes, Artaynte committed adultery with him (Xerxes). When Amestris found out, she did not seek revenge against Artaynte, but against her mother, Masistes' wife, as Amestris thought that it was due to her connivance. On Xerxes' birthday, Amestris sent for his guards and mutilated Artaynte's mother. On seeing this, Masistes fled to Bactria to start a revolt, but was intercepted by Xerxes' army who killed him and his sons. In 465 BC, Darius may have ascended to the throne as King of Persia after his father was murdered[1] in a conspiracy carried out by Artabanus and Aspamitres the eunuch,[2] who were confidential advisers of Xerxes. Afterwards, they deceived Artaxerxes into believing that it was his older brother, Darius, who murdered his father. Darius was then taken to the palace of Artaxerxes and put to death. Artabanus may have had personal ambitions for the throne since, subsequently, he conspired with Megabyzus to have Artaxerxes killed. But Megabyzus revealed the plot to Artaxerxes, who put Artabanus and Aspamitres to death for the murders of Xerxes, Darius[3] and his own attempted murder. Artabanus was killed by sword, whilst Aspamitres was left in a tub where he was eaten by insects. Contents 1 Classical sources 2 Bibliography 3 External links 4 Notes Classical sources[edit] Ctesias, Persica, books XIV - XVII Diodorus of Sicily, Bibliotheca historica, XI, 69 Herodotus, Histories, book IX Bibliography[edit] Jacoby, Felix. (1923-1959) Die Fragmente er griechischen Historiker, Berlin Jacoby, Felix. (1922) "Ktesias", RE XI, 2032-2073 Henry, René. (1959) Photius: La Bibliothèque, Paris Lenfant, Dominique. (2004) Ctésias. La Perse. L’Inde. Autres fragments. Paris Godley, Alfred Denis (1921–24). "Histories book 9". Herodotus, with an English translation. OCLC 1610641. External links[edit] Photius' Excerpt of Ctesias' Persica Notes[edit] ^ According to Diodorus of Sicily, however, Darius was killed before ascending the throne. ^ Mithridates the eunuch according to Diodorus of Sicily. ^ Artaxerxes made the co-conspirators responsible for Darius' death. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darius_(son_of_Xerxes_I)&oldid=991819986" Categories: 465 BC deaths 5th-century BC Iranian people 5th-century BC rulers Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata CS1: abbreviated year range Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Deutsch Ελληνικά Español فارسی Edit links This page was last edited on 2 December 2020, at 00:10 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers Contact Wikipedia Mobile view Developers Statistics Cookie statement