His son and successor married his niece Artayanta.
Artaxerxes was also married to a niece of his.
Darius II and Parysatis married their sisters.
Kambyses married two of his sisters.
Artachschasa II married his two daughters; Kobad his daughter Sambyke.
Artaviraf, the founder of a great ancient religion, married no less than seven of his sisters—because "there were no other women worthy of the honor."
According to that, the aristocracy of old must have been as rotten as that of our day.
Lucretia is the only person I trust, and they would have robbed me of her services long ago if my marriage contract did not vest the power of dismissal in me.
Unlike me, she can afford to defy the King's wrath.