Parmys Explained

Parmys (Old Persian: (H)uparviyā, Elamite: Uparmiya) was a Persian princess, the only daughter of Bardiya (Smerdis),^[1] son of Cyrus the Great.^[2]

When Darius the Great seized the Achaemenid throne, he married two daughters (Atossa and Artystone) of Cyrus the Great and later with Parmys. Parmys bore him a son called Ariomardus.^[3]

Sources

• Herodotus, III, 88; VII, 78
• Persepolis Fortification Tablets (where she is called Uparmiya)
• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Brosius, Maria. The Persians. 2006-04-18. Routledge. 978-1-134-35984-4. 18. en.
2. [Herodotus]
3. Web site: Parmys - Livius . 2024-06-23 . www.livius.org.