Talk:Oxyathres of Persia

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Gemtwist61 in topic Clarification for Bessus

Vaxšuvarda or Huxšaθra edit

As mentioned in Iranica , the Old Iranian name maybe Huxšaθra ; some thing alike the Old Iranian name of Cyaxares (Uvaxštra):

OXYATHRES, Persian masculine name, attested only in this Greek form Oxyáthrēs, which in all probability is transformed by popular etymology (just as Oxyártēs, q.v.) from OIr. *Huxšaθra- [rendered as Gk. Oxáthrēs, which can only be interpreted out of Iranian material] ‘Of good reign’

--Alborz Fallah (talk) 15:47, 3 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Clarification for Bessus edit

You state in the article "and subsequently devolved upon him the task of punishing his son Bessus for the murder of Darius'. Is Bessus the son of Alexander the Great or Oxyathres? The article on Bessus says his background is unknown.

Thanks for the clarification

Gemtwist61 (talk) 19:38, 26 April 2022 (UTC)Reply