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Hystaspes

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Hystaspes or Hystaspis , Old Persian Vishtaspa, fl. 6th cent. BC, ruler of ancient Persia, father of Darius I . Under him Darius was governor of Parthia. The legendary patron of Zoroaster is also called Hystaspes or Vishtaspa; he may or may not be the same as Darius' father.


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Darius I
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...the Great) , d. 486 BC, king of ancient Persia (521-486 BC), called also Dariavaush and Darius Hystaspis (after his father, Hystaspes or Vishtaspa). A distant cousin of Cambyses II (see under Cambyses ), he succeeded to the throne after the fall of the impostor... Read more
Zoroaster
...and he fled east to ancient Chorasmia (now largely Iranian Khorasan), where he converted King Vishtaspa (who may have been Hystaspes, the father of Darius). The religion then spread rapidly through Vishtaspa's domain. The circumstances of Zoroaster's death... Read more
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