Parmys (Old Persian: (H)uparviyā, Elamite: Uparmiya) was a Persian princess, the only daughter of Bardiya (Smerdis),[1] son of Cyrus the Great.[2]
When Darius the Great seized the Achaemenid throne, he married two daughters (Atossa and Artystone) of Cyrus the Great and later with Parmys. Parmys bore him a son called Ariomardus.[3]
References
- ^ Brosius, Maria (2006-04-18). The Persians. Routledge. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-134-35984-4.
- ^ Herodotus, Histories, book 3, chapter 88, section 3.
- ^ "Parmys - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
Sources
- Herodotus, III, 88; VII, 78
- Persepolis Fortification Tablets (where she is called Uparmiya)
- Brosius, M: Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 BC, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998.
- Lendering, J: "Parmys Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine", in http://www.livius.org
- Persepolis Fortification Archive Project
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