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Name Stateira
Gender Feminine
Usage Old Persian (Hellenized), History
Scripts Στάτειρα(Greek) استاتیرای(Persian)
Other Forms FormsStatira
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Meaning & History
Allegedly means "creation of the stars", in which case it would be related to Persian sitareh "star". This was probably the usual name of Alexander the Great's second wife, a daughter of the Persian king Darius III, formally named Barsine. After Alexander's death Stateira was murdered by his first wife Roxana.Modern historians have tried to identify the biblical Vashti with that of the Persian queen Stateira, even suggesting that Vashti is a diminutive of Vashtateira.