'''Artaxerxes''' was born the son of [[Xerxes I The Great]] and his first cousin [[Amestris]], both of whose grandfathers was [[Hystaspas]], close companion to [[Cyrus|Cyrus The Great]]. | '''Artaxerxes''' was born the son of [[Xerxes I The Great]] and his first cousin [[Amestris]], both of whose grandfathers was [[Hystaspas]], close companion to [[Cyrus|Cyrus The Great]]. |