Assertion: eunuch | /r/HasProperty | chamberlain
Facets:
Source sentences:
text: Although a main achievement of Xerxes I (486–465) was to continue the magnificent construction of his royal palace at Parsa (Persepolis), at the end of his life he increasingly disintegrated and fell more and more under the influence of Artabanus, commander of the palace guard, and Aspamitres, his eunuch chamberlain (Ctesias, History of the Persians
text: Such plots against the king were not uncommon;103 and in fact in 465 Xerxes would be murdered in his bedchamber by the commander of his palace guard, aided by his eunuch chamberlain (Aspamitres), so that Artaxerxes, age 15, could be made king.104
text: However, if Shahbazi and Wilber are correct and the king pictured here is Xerxes I (486–465), who directly preceded Artaxerxes I (464–424), then historical sources would indicate that at the end of Xerxes reign Artabanus was commander of the royal guard and Aspamitres his eunuch chamberlain; and so they may be the ones who are pictured in the famous Royal Audience