Children
By queen Amestris:
- Amytis, wife of Megabyzus
- Artaxerxes I
- Darius, the first born, murdered by Artaxerxes I or Artabanus.
- Hystaspes, murdered by Artaxerxes I.
- Achaemenes, murdered by Egyptians.
- Rhodogune
By unknown wives:
- Artarius, satrap of Babylon.
- Tithraustes
- Arsames or Arsamenes or Arxanes or Sarsamas satrap of Egypt.
- Parysatis
- Ratashah
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“For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.”
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