Editing Atossa (section)

== Name ==
The [[Persian language|Persian]] name "Atossa" (or "Atusa") means "bestowing very richly" or "well trickling" or "well granting". Atossa is the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] ({{langx|grc|Ἄτοσσα}}) transliteration of the [[Old Persian]] name ''Utauθa.'' Her name in [[Avestan]] is ''Hutaosā''.{{sfn|Schmitt|1987|pp=13–14}}

Queen Atossa is the most famous bearer of this name, however, the name Atossa appears to have been a traditional one within the Achaemenid clan. According to the genealogy of the [[Kings of Cappadocia]], the name Atossa was also borne by a sister of [[Cambyses I]]<ref name="+">{{cite book |title=Diodorus Siculus 31.19.1}}</ref> and sister-wife of [[Artaxerxes II]].<ref name="%">{{cite book |title=Plutarch, Life of Artaxerxes 23.26f.}}</ref>