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242:. 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 her connivance. On Xerxes' birthday, Amestris sent for his guards and mutilated Masistes' wife by cutting off her breasts and threw them to dogs, and her nose and ears and lips also, and cutting out her tongue as well. On seeing this, Masistes fled to Bactria to start a revolt, but was intercepted by Xerxes' army who killed him and his sons. 2983: 2973: 2963: 2953: 2941: 2931: 2916: 2906: 2896: 2886: 2876: 2866: 2856: 2298: 2188: 2087: 1767: 1524: 747:(italianized as "Amastre"). In the opera, Amestris is about to marry Xerxes (Serse), yet he falls in love with another woman and wants to marry her instead. Amestris disguises herself as a man in order to be near him. At the end of the opera, Xerxes is sorry for the things he did and asks Amestris once more to be his wife. 3024: 3029: 205:
I am informed that Amestris, the wife of Xerxes, when she had grown old, made return for her own life to the god who is said to be beneath the earth by burying twice seven children of
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When Darius died in 486 BC, Amestris was married to the crown prince, Xerxes. Herodotus describes Amestris as a cruel
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Amestris made human sacrifice. See Boyce, Mary (1989). A History of Zoroastrianism: The early period, p. 141.
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Amestris outlived Xerxes, remaining active in royal affairs during the long reign of their son
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The origin of this story is unclear, since known records and accounts indicate that
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Index

Amastris (disambiguation)
Achaemenid Empire
Xerxes I
Issue
Darius
Hystaspes
Artaxerxes I
Rhodogune
Amytis
House
Achaemenid
Otanes
Zoroastrianism
Greek
Old Persian
Xerxes I
Artaxerxes I
ancient Greek
Otanes
magus
Bardiya
Darius I the Great of Persia
Herodotus
despot
Persians
human sacrifices
the Persian religion
Crown Prince Darius
Artaynte
Masistes

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