Ariazate (also spelled Aryzate or Aryazate, meaning "Child of an

Iranian Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...

"), also known as Automa, was a Parthian queen consort as the wife of the

Parthian Parthian may refer to: Historical * Parthian people * A demonym "of Parthia", a region of north-eastern of Greater Iran * Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD) * Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language * Parthian shot, an archery sk ...

monarch

Gotarzes I Gotarzes I ( ''Gōdarz'') was king of the Parthian Empire from 91 BC to 87 or 80 BC. He was the son and successor of Mithridates II (), and was succeeded by his son Orodes I. Name "Gotarzes" is from Middle Iranian ''Gōdarz'' (), itself from ...

(). She was an

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princess of

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as the daughter of the Artaxiad king

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(). According to Zoroastrian law, the king could marry several women,Lerouge, Ch. 2007. L’image des Parthes dans le monde gréco-romain. Stuttgart. all of whom were normally given the Greek title “basilissa” (“queen”), as well as legitimate wives without a title and have sons considered legitimate with the palace slave women and Greek

hetaira A (; , ; . , ), Latinized as ( ), was a type of highly educated female companion in ancient Greece who served as an artist, entertainer, and conversationalist. Historians have often classed them as courtesans, but the extent to which they ...

used to entertain in his banquets, but no hierarchy is known for the queen-wives. Ariazate was possibly the mother of Gotarze's son and successor Orodes I ().

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