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Hystaspes

governor of Persis and Parthia
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Flourished:
6th century bc
Also Known As:
Vishtaspa
Flourished:
c.550 BCE - c.501 BCE
Notable Family Members:
son Darius I
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Hystaspes (flourished 6th century bc) was the son of Arsames, king of Parsa, and father of the Achaemenid king Darius I of Persia.

According to the 5th-century-bc Greek historian Herodotus, Hystaspes was governor of Persis under Cyrus II the Great and Cambyses II and accompanied Cyrus on his last campaign against the Massagetai in 530 bc. When Darius seized the throne in 522, Hystaspes was governor of Parthia and Hyrcania, where he suppressed a revolt in 521. Despite the differences in genealogies, some authorities identify him with Hystaspes, the protector of the prophet Zoroaster.

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