Talk:Atossa

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Do not put crosses next to death dates for non-Christians! Not only is this disrespectful to non-Christians, but it is potentially offensive to Christians who do not want their symbols to be used for those who do not share their faith! And irksome to people like me who are obsessive about the proper categorizations of things.

Traditionally, you put a cross by a Christian, a Star of David by a Jew, and a Crescent & Star by the name of a Muslim when marking deaths. I do not know if there is a conventional symbol for Zoroastrian deaths (Atossa was most likely a Mazdean/proto-Zoroastrian), but I am looking. In the meantime we should dispense with the marker for this article. --Jpbrenna 06:39, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

I have never, ever, ever seen a star of David or a crescent & star used as a symbol for death in the same way that the cross is. I'm also fairly certain that I've seen crosses for non-Christians, but I wouldn't stake any money on that. john k 8 July 2005 01:22 (UTC)

Ah, here we go, my Cambridge Shorter Medieval History features a genealogical table of the House of Constantine. It shows a cross for the death date of Constantius I, who was certainly not a Christian. john k 8 July 2005 01:23 (UTC)

Contradiction on Darius and Xerxes
The third paragraph states; "Xerxes I was the eldest son of Atossa and Darius... Atossa's special position enabled Xerxes, who was not the eldest son of Darius, to succeed his father.". So, was Xerxes the eldest son of Darius, or not?????Lily20 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:28, 5 April 2010 (UTC).
 * There is no contradiction! As Darius had wives and a son before marrying Atossa. Xashaiar (talk) 05:06, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I think it was the wording that confused me.Lily20 (talk) 22:28, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Image removed
I removed the image of the sculpted lapis-lazuli head, known commonly as "The Persian prince", which had nothing to do with the article subject has been removed. There is no evidence that can connect the head to Queen Atossa, and so it was misleading.

~mirfakhr

Tractatus De Mulieribus
There is an "Atossa" mentioned in the Tractatus De Mulieribus as being raised by her father Ariaspes as a male and inheriting the kingdom, and TDM says that Hellanicus is the source for the information. Is this the same person? I know her father has a different name in this article, but is Ariaspes an alternative name for him? Asarelah (talk) 14:06, 16 September 2014 (UTC)