Editing Atossa (section)

==Old Age and Death==
Nothing is known about Atossa’s death, however, [[Aeschylus]]’ ''[[The Persians]]'' indicates that she was still alive when Xerxes invaded Greece. (The absence of her name in the [[Persepolis fortification tablets]] does not necessarily indicate her death at that time, as argued by W. Hinz.<ref name="I">{{cite book |title=Orientalia, N.S. 39, 1970, p. 423}}</ref>) Hence it can be inferred that Atossa lived a long life well into her seventies, until or after Xerxes returned from the Iran-Greece war front in 479 BCE. She was buried at [[Naqsh-e Rustam]], the same royal burial site as Darius the Great and Xerxes I.