Hystaspes Explained

Vishtaspa (ae||link=no ; peo|[[wikt:|]]|link=no,), hellenized as Hystáspes (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wikt:Ὑστάσπης|Ὑστάσπης]],), may refer to:

• Vishtaspa (fl. between 10th and 6th century BCE, if historical), the first patron of Zoroaster
• Hystaspes (father of Darius I) (fl. 550 BCE), satrap of Bactria and possibly also of Fārs, and father of Darius the Great
• Hystaspes (son of Darius I) (fl. 480 BCE), son of Darius the Great
• Hystaspes (son of Xerxes I) (fl. c. 460 BCE), son of Xerxes I of Persia