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Astyages. King Astyages in chains submitting to Cyrus the Great (18th century tapestry). Astyages [a] was the last king of the Median kingdom, reigning from 585 to 550 BCE. The son of Cyaxares, he was dethroned by the Persian king Cyrus the Great. He was a follower of the Vedic religion as per Iranian customs.
- Median dynasty
- 585 – 550 BC (according to Herodotus)
Astyages (flourished 6th century bc) was the last king of the Median empire (reigned 585–550 bc ). According to Herodotus, the Achaemenian Cyrus the Great was Astyages’ grandson through his daughter Mandane, but this relationship is probably legendary. According to Babylonian inscriptions, Cyrus, king of Anshan (in southwestern Iran), began ...
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Aug 17, 2011 · Astyages, son of Cyaxares, brother-in-law of the Lydian king Croesus (Herodotus 1.73.2) by marriage with his sister, Alyattes’ daughter Aryenis (ibid., 1.74.4), became king after his father’s death (ibid., 1.107.1) and reigned according to Herodotus (1.130.1) 35 years, probably 584-550 B.C. He was the father of Mandane, the subsequent wife ...
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ASTYAGES ăs tī’ əjez (Old Pers. Arštivaiga, Gr. ̓Αστυάγης ). The last king of the Median Empire (586-550 b.c. ), the son of Cyaxares I. When his father overthrew Lydia, he made an agreement with its defeated king, Alyattes, that his son would marry the king’s daughter, the princess Aryenis (Herodotus, Histories, I, 74).
Astyages (Akkadian Ištumegu ): last king of Media, son of king Cyaxares, dethroned 550 BCE. Most information on Astyages can be found in the second part of the first book of the Histories by Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who lived in the fifth century, hundred years after Astyages' reign. However, the Greek researcher is almost our only source ...
Astyages (ăstī´əjēz), fl. 6th cent. BC, king of the Medes (584–c.550 BC), son and successor of Cyaxares. His rule was harsh, and he was unpopular. His daughter is alleged to have married the elder Cambyses and was said to be the mother of Cyrus the Great, who rebelled against Astyages and overthrew him (c.550 BC), thus creating the Persian Empire.
In 559 BCE, a man named Cyrus became the leader of Persia. He was the great-great-grandson of the first Persian king, Achaemenes—whose name is why historians call this the Achaemenid Persian Empire! Prior to Cyrus’s rule, Persia was a small tributary state to the Median Empire, which happened to be ruled by Cyrus’s grandfather, Astyages.
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