![]() ![]() Some say he was the son of Nitêtis while others say he was the son of Cassandané. Persians do allow bastards on the throne. ![]() The Egyptians claim that Nitêtis was actually Cambyses’s mother & that Cyrus was the one who asked for her & she bore him Cambyses.She eventually told Cambyses the truth & this angered him enough to declare war on Egypt. So, Amasis sent her over claiming her to be his daughter. The previous Egyptian king, Apries, had a daughter, Nitêtis. But Cambyses didn’t want her as a wife, only a concubine. Either a yes or a no could be a good pretext for war. To get even, he urged Cambyses to ask Amasis for his daughter in marriage. The reason was because an Egyptian upset with his king, Amasis, because he felt slighted by him for sending him to Persia to be Cyrus’s eye doctor. Cambyses, king of Persia, decided to go to war with the Egyptians.Herodotus – The Histories, Book 3 – Persian Conquest of Egypt ![]()
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