Teispids
The Teispids (descendants of
Anshan was part of the
The
The Teispid line was succeeded by the Achaemenids with Darius I seizing the throne, after killing the last members of the Teispids. According to Maria Brosius and Bruce Lincoln, Darius attempted to construct a lineage through common ancestry to the Teispid kings to legitimate his claim to the throne. To do so, he created the impression that they were Achaemenids. He did so by means of inscriptions. He presented Cyrus II as a member of the Achaemenids, in the Pasargadae inscriptions (CMa). All of these inscriptions, which date back to c. 510 BC, repeat "I am Cyrus the King, an Achaemenian". In the Behistun Inscription, Darius created the image of a double line of royal rulers through a common ancestor named Teispes, and a putative eponymous ancestor Achaemenes.[5][6]
Notes
- ^ Stronach 1997, p. 38.
- ^ Briant 2002, pp. 17–18.
- ^ Briant 2002, p. 17.
- ^ Briant 2002, p. 16.
- ^ Brosius 1998, pp. 14–15.
- ^ Lincoln 2007, pp. 4–5.
References
- ISBN 978-1-57506-031-6.
- Brosius, Maria (1998). Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 BC. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-815255-2.
- Lincoln, Bruce (2007). Religion, empire and torture: the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-48196-8.
- Stronach, David (1997). "Anshan and Parsa: Early Achaemenid History, Art and Architecture on the Iranian Plateau". In Curtis, John (ed.). Mesopotamia and Iran in the Persian period, conquest and imperialism, 539-331 BC: proceedings of a seminar in memory of Vladimir G. Lukonin. London: British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0-7141-1142-1.
External links
- Visual representation of the divine and the numinous in early Achaemenid Iran: old problems, new directions; Mark A. Garrison, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX; last revision: 3 March 2009, see page: 9