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Reinhard Pirngruber, « John Hyland. “Hystaspes, Gobryas, and elite marriage politics in Teispid Persia” », Abstracta Iranica, ID : 10.4000/abstractairanica.51632
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This short essay reconstructs the strategic aims of the marriage alliance arranged by the Persian aristocrats Hystapes and Gobryas for their children, the future king Darius and likely Irdabama, respectively. While current scholarship – with considerable hindsight! – often places this marriage in the context of Darius’ accession to the throne and his ensuing consolidation of power, the author argues that this marriage rather reflects their fathers’ attempts to enhance their own social and pol...