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Ionic Greek variant of Άμαστρις #(Amāstris)#, the Hellenized form of an Old Persian name, perhaps from a hypothetic name like *#Amāstrī-# (composed of the elements *#ama-# "strength, strong" and *#strī-# "woman"). It could be connected to the biblical name ESTHER, both perhaps derived from the Akkadian #Ummu-Ishtar# "ISHTAR is (my) mother" (or #Ammu-Ishtar#). Alternatively it could be derived from an Old Persian word meaning "friend". It was borne by the wife of Xerxes and mother of Artaxerxes.