Hystaspes

Hystaspes, is or i, m., = Ὑστάσπης,

• father of the Persian king Darius I., Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 133; Just. 1, 10, 6; Nep. Milt. 3; Reg. 1.

Hystaspēs, is u. ī, m. (Ὑστάσπης), Vater des persischen Königs Darius, Dareus Hystaspi filius, Nep. regg. 1, 2. Iustin. 1, 10, 6: Hystaspes Darii pater, Amm. 23, 6, 32.

Hystaspēs, (16) is, m. (Ὑστάσπης), père de Darius I^er  : Nep. Reg. 1, 2 ; Plin. 6, 133.

Hystaspes

(Ὑστάσπης; in Persian, Goshtasp, Gustasp, Histasp, or Wistasp).

1. The son of Arsames, and father of Dareius I., was a member of the Persian royal house of the Achaemenidae. He was satrap of Persis under Cambyses, and probably under Cyrus also. He accompanied Cyrus on his expedition against the Massagetae; but he was sent back to Persis, to keep watch over his eldest son Dareius, whom Cyrus, in consequence of a dream, suspected of meditating treason. [Dareius.] Besides Dareius, Hystaspes had two sons, Artabanus and Artanes. (Hdt. 1.209, 210, 3.70, 4.83, 7.224.) Ammianus Marcellinus (23.6) makes him a chief of the Magians, and tells a story of his studying in India under the Brahmins. His name occurs in the inscriptions at Persepolis. (Grotefend, Beilage zu Heeren's Ideen.)

Hystaspes

2. The son of Dareius I. and Atossa, commanded the Bactrians and Sacae in the army of his brother Xerxes. (Hdt. 7.64.) [P.S] I/J

Hystaspes

(Ὑστάσπης). (1) Father of the Persian king, Darius I. He had been satrap of Persis under Cambyses.

(2) The son of Darius I. and Atossa. He commanded a force of Bactrians and Sacae in the army of his brother Xerxes.

Hystaspes Hystaspes, a son of Darius

• Hdt. 7.64

Hystaspes(2), father of Darius

• his pledge to Cyrus of Darius' fidelity: Hdt. 1.209, Hdt. 1.210
• governor of the province of Persia (elsewhere a patronymic): Hdt. 3.70