Ariazate
Ariazate (also spelled Aryzate or Aryazate, meaning "Child of an Iranian"),[1][2] also known as Automa,[3] was a Parthian queen consort as the wife of the Parthian monarch Gotarzes I (r. 91–87/80 BC).
She was an Artaxiad princess of Armenia as the daughter of the Artaxiad king Tigranes the Great (r. 95–55 BC).[4]
According to Zoroastrian law, the king could marry several women,[5] all of whom were normally given the Greek title “basilissa” (“queen”), as well as legitimate wives without a title and have sons considered legitimate with the palace slave women and Greek hetaira used to entertain in his banquets, but no hierarchy is known for the queen-wives.
Ariazate was possibly the mother of Gotarze's son and successor Orodes I (r. 87/80–75 BC).[6]
References
- ^ Romeny 2010, p. 264.
- ^ Russell 1987, p. 89, "The name Ariazate is clearly composed of two Iranian elements, OIr. arya- 'Iranian' and the suffix -zät 'born, i.e., son or daughter of'".
- ^ Højte 2009, pp. 169, 360.
- ^ Dąbrowa 2018, p. 77.
- ^ Lerouge, Ch. 2007. L’image des Parthes dans le monde gréco-romain. Stuttgart.
- ^ Assar 2006, pp. 67, 74.
Sources
- Assar, Gholamreza F. (2006). A Revised Parthian Chronology of the Period 91-55 BC. Vol. 8: Papers Presented to David Sellwood. Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali. ISBN 978-8-881-47453-0. ISSN 1128-6342.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - Dąbrowa, Edward (2018). "Arsacid Dynastic Marriages". Electrum. 25: 73–83. doi:10.4467/20800909EL.18.005.8925.
- Højte, Jakob M. (2009). Mithridates VI and the Pontic Kingdom. ISD LLC. ISBN 978-87-7934-443-3.
- Romeny, R. B. ter Haar (2010). Religious Origins of Nations?: The Christian Communities of the Middle East. Brill. ISBN 9789004173750.
- Russell, James R. (1987). Zoroastrianism in Armenia. Harvard University, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and National Association for Armenian Studies and Research. ISBN 978-0674968509.