Ῥοδογούνη
Rhodogoune
Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Wife of Hystaspes, mother of Xerxes and Dareios.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥοδογούνη· γυνὴ μὲν Ὑστάσπου, Ξέρξου δὲ καὶ Δαρείου μήτηρ.
Betacode
*(rodogou/nh: gunh\ me\n *(usta/spou, *ce/rcou de\ kai\ *darei/ou mh/thr.
Notes
- = Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
Persian royal family, C6 BCE.
The genealogy given here is two-thirds correct, but Xerxes was the son (not the brother) of Dareios I. For Hystaspes, see upsilon 685.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- augmented note, added keyword and cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead