Teïspes (from
Greek , ''Teispēs''; in ''Čišpiš'';
Akkadian: 𒅆𒅖𒉿𒅖 ''Šîšpîš'',
[Kent (1384 AP), page 394] Elamite: Zi-iš-pi-iš)
ruled
Anshan in 675–640 BC. He was the son of
Achaemenes of
Persis and an ancestor of
Cyrus the Great
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[ There is evidence that Cyrus I and Ariaramnes were both his sons.][ Cyrus I is the grandfather of Cyrus the Great, whereas Ariaramnes is the great-grandfather of ]Darius the Great
Darius I ( ; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE. He ruled the empire at its territorial peak, when it included much of West A ...
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According to 7th-century BC documents, Teispes captured the Elamite city of Anshan, speculated to have occurred after the Persians were freed from Median
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supremacy, and expanded his small kingdom. His kingdom was, however, a vassal state of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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(911–605 BC). He was succeeded by his second son, Cyrus I.
Name
The Old Persian
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version of the name is ''Čišpiš''; Walther Hinz and Heidemarie Koch interpret it as ''*Čaišpiš'', but this appears to be incorrect.Cimmerian
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king Teušpa.[Schmitt, 1992] Its connection with the (Elamite) byname 𒍝𒆜𒉿𒆜𒅆𒅀 ''Zaišpîšiya'' is unclear — Hinz believes it represents an adjectival form of the name, ''*Čaišpišya'', but Schmitt prefers the reading ''*Čašpišya'' instead
See also
* Teispid
References
Bibliography
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640s BC deaths
7th-century BC Iranian people
7th-century BC monarchs in Asia
Kings of Anshan (Persia)
Teispids
Year of birth unknown
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