Artabanus was a son of Hystaspes, and therefore brother of Darius I as well as uncle of Xerxes I.
Artabanus was a son of Hystaspes, and brother of Darius I (Achaemenid lineage according to Darius the Great in the Behistun inscription).
Artabanus and the Ghost. According to Herodotus, Artabanus saw a ghost enjoining him to allow the invasion of Greece.
Xerxes I was a Persian ruler who reigned as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC. He was the son of Darius the Great and Atossa.
Artabanus (son of Hystaspes)
…Artabanus was a son of Hystaspes, and therefore brother of Darius I as well as uncle of Xerxes I. Artabanus had a reputation for great wisdom. Artabanus is known to have advised his brother Darius I against the Achaemenid campaign against the…
Rock relief of Xerxes I from Persepolis, kept at National Museum of Iran
Engraving of Babylon by H. Fletcher, 1690
The soldiers of Xerxes I, of all ethnicities, on the tomb of Xerxes I, at Naqsh-e Rostam
Achaemenid king killing a Greek hoplite. Impression from a cylinder seal, sculpted c. 500–475 BC, at the time of Xerxes I Metropolitan Museum of Art