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PARYSATIS , daughter of See also:Artaxerxes I., married to her See also:brother Ochus (See also:Ctesias, Pers. 44), who in 424 B.C. became See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Persia under the name of See also:Darius II. (q.v.). She had See also:great See also:influence over her See also:husband, whom she helped by perfidy in the suppression of his See also:brothers Secydianus, who was king before him, and Arsites, who rebelled against him (Ctes. Pers. 48-51). Her favourite son was See also:Cyrus the Younger, whom she assisted as far as possible in his See also:attempt to gain the See also:throne. But when he was slain at Cunaxa (401) she nevertheless gained See also:absolute 'dominion over the victorious Artaxerxes II. She was the evil See also:genius of his reign. By a See also:series of intrigues she was able to inflict the most atrocious See also:punishment on all those who had taken See also:part in the See also:death of Cyrus. (ED.
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