Darius (son of Xerxes I)

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Darius ( old Persian Dārayavauš ; † August 4, 465 BC ) was a member of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty in the 5th century BC. He was the eldest son and potential heir to the throne of the Great King Xerxes I and the Amestris .

479 BC In Sardis , Darius was betrothed to a daughter of Masistes named Artaynte, with whom his own father fell in love. On the night of the assassination of Xerxes I by the vizier Artabanos , he in turn denounced Prince Dareios to his younger brother Artaxerxes I as the mastermind behind the assassination attempt, whereupon Dareios was immediately executed.

literature

  • Margaret C. Miller: Athens and Persia in the Fifth Century BC. A Study in Cultural Receptivity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2004, p. 14, ISBN 0-521-60758-2 (EA Cambridge 1997)

Remarks

  1. Ktesias von Knidos : Persika , in: The Fragments of the Greek Historians No. 688, Frag. 13, 24 [based on the edition by Dominique Lenfant ]. Diodorus 11, 69, 2.
  2. Herodotus : Historíai 9, 108.
  3. Ktesias von Knidos: Persika , in: The Fragments of the Greek Historians No. 688, Frag. 13, 33. Diodorus 11, 69, 3-5.