Ἀρτυστώνη

Ancient Greek edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Old Persian *R̥tastūnā (literally pillar of Ṛta)[1][2] or (“having Ṛta as pillar”).[3]

Pronunciation edit

 

Proper noun edit

Ἀρτῠστώνη (Artustṓnēf (genitive Ἀρτῠστώνης); first declension

  1. a female given name from Old Persian: Artystone
    1. a Persian princess, daughter of Cyrus the Great, wife of Darius the Great, and mother of Arsames and Gobryas

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Descendants edit

  • Latin: Artystōnē

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtastūnā-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 215
  2. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "ARTYSTONE" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1986
  3. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 301