Parmys
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Parmys (Elamite Uparmiya) was a Persian princess, the only daughter of Smerdis, son of Cyrus the Great.
When he seized the throne, king Darius I married two daughters (Atossa and Artystone) and a granddaughter (Parmys) of Cyrus to legitimise his position. Parmys bore him a son called Ariomardus.
[edit] Sources
- Herodotus, III, 88; VII, 78
- Persepolis Fortification Tablets (where she is called Uparmiya)
[edit] References
- Brosius, M: Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 BC, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998.
- Lendering, J: "Parmys", in http://www.livius.org
- Persepolis Fortification Archive Project
