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Aryenis ( Ancient Greek: Αρυηνις, romanized : Aruēnis; Latin: Aryenis) was, according to Herodotus, the daughter of King Alyattes of Lydia and the sister of King Croesus of Lydia. [1]
The Battle of the Eclipse (or Battle of Halys) was fought in the early 6th century BCE in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) between the Medes and the Lydians.
- May 28, 585 BC (supposedly)
A diplomatic marriage was arranged to celebrate the treaty: Aryenis, a sister of the Lydian king Croesus, was married to the Median crown prince Astyages. Aryenis was not Astyages' first wife. His daughter Mandane was married to the Persian king Cambyses before 576 BCE - when the future king Cyrus the Great was born - and Mandane must have been ...
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Astyages succeeded his father in 585 BCE, following the Battle of Halys, which ended a five-year war between the Lydians and the Medes. He inherited a large empire, ruled in alliance with his two brothers-in-law, Croesus of Lydia and Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whose wife, Amytis, Astyages' sister, was the queen for whom Nebuchadnezzar was said to h...
The account given by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus relates that Astyages had a dream in which his daughter, Mandane, gave birth to a son who would destroy his empire. Fearful of the dream's prophecy, Astyages married her off to Cambyses I of Anshan, who had a reputation for being a "quiet and thoughtful prince" and whom Astyages believed to...
Daniel 14, Chapter 14 of the deutero-canonical version of the biblical Book of Daniel, otherwise known as Bel and the Dragon, opens with the accession of Cyrus after the death of Astyages. According to the original Douay-Rheims Bible, Darius the Medeis another name for Astyages.
The contemporary Chronicle of Nabonidus refers to the mutiny on the battlefield as the cause for Astyages' overthrow, but does not mention Harpagus by name. However, since Harpagus was Astyages' general at the battle of Pasargadae and his family were granted high positions in Cyrus' empire after the war, and since Harpagus went on to become Cyrus' ...
Media related to Astyagesat Wikimedia CommonsThe dictionary definition of astyagesat WiktionaryDec 29, 2020 · On February 28, 2020, a month before the start of the COVID-19 lockdown in Venezuela, Aryenis and Alfredo, PDVSA managers, were detained. They were accused of leaking strategic information from the state oil company to the United States. Their relatives say they are innocent.
A Carian woman gave birth to his daughter Aryenis and his son and successor Croesus, and a Greek woman was the mother of Pantaleon. When Alyattes died, it was not clear who was to succeed him - at least, there was civil strife between Croesus and Pantaleon.
Latin terms spelled with Y. Latin feminine nouns. la:Individuals.
