The Death of the Queen of Persia

Parisatus enlisted the help of a loyal eunuchs servant, who Plutarch named as Gaius. The poisoned meal brought about convulsions and ultimately a painful death for Statera. Arch's Xerxes naturally was outraged by this, and he immediately executed the eunuch. Although it could not be proven that his mother had anything to do with the death of his wife, the queen.