Phaedymia
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Phaedymia (or Phaedyme, Phædima; ) was the daughter of Otanes, a nobleman of the Achaemenid Persian court in the early 6th century BCE. She was married, successively, to Cambyses II, then Bardiya (or Galatia), and then Darius I.
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Phaedymia (or Phaedyme, Phædima; ) was the daughter of Otanes, a nobleman of the Achaemenid Persian court in the early 6th century BCE. She was married, successively, to Cambyses II, then Bardiya (or Galatia), and then Darius I.
Herodotus tells us in his Histories that the Persian king Cambyses II married Phaedymia. Otanes may have been the brother of Cassandane, who was Cambyses' mother. If this is correct, Phaedymia was not only Cambyses's wife but also his cousin.