ID: 901000833 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000833	Record Type: Character/Person

	Artalia (Persian character)

Note: Concubine of Artaxerxes, King of Persia. Artaxerxes' favorite son Darius fell in love with her, but the king objected to his son's attachment and gave Artalia to the temple of Apollo, where she became a priestess and took a vow of chastity. In revenge, Darius plotted against the king with fifty of his brothers.The story is found in Boccaccio's book of moral tales, as others it presents a woman as the cause of men's misfortune.

Names:

	Artalia (Persian character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Artalia (Persian character) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... literary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Artalia (Persian character)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/105167/unknown-maker-the-sons-of-artaxerxes-king-of-the-persians-killed-for-conspiring-against-their-father-french-about-1413-1415/

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)