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Meaning & History
Hellenized form of the Ghata Avestan male name Huxšathra, which is said to be a distinct Zoroastrian name. It is probably related to Old Persian Vaxšuvadarva (see OXYARTES), which is why Oxathres (and its variant form Oxyathres) are often confused with Oxyartes (and its variant form Oxartes). Also compare Old Persian Hvakhshathra or Uvakhšatara (see CYAXARES). A known bearer of this name was the son of Abulites, the Achaemenid satrap of the Elamite city Susiana (4th century BC). Both father and son were later executed by Alexander the Great.