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Aryenis (Ancient Greek: Ἀρύηνις Arúēnis; Latin: Aryenis) was, according to Herodotus, the daughter of King Alyattes of Lydia and the sister of King Croesus of Lydia. Name
The Battle of the Eclipse (or Battle of Halys) was fought in the early 6th century BC in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) between the Medes and the Lydians.
- May 28, 585 BC (supposedly)
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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 WiktionaryAstyages (Akkadian Ištumegu ): last king of Media, son of king Cyaxares, dethroned 550 BCE. Two Medes. 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.
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His name may be derived from the Lydian word walwi, 'lion'. Alyattes' father and grandfather had consolidated the kingdom in western Turkey, and Alyattes embarked upon a policy of conquest.
He had a sister Aryenis who was in 585 old enough to be married to king Astyages of Media, as part of a border treaty between Lydia and Media. She must have been two or three years older than Croesus. Another sister was married to the tyrant of the Greek city Ephesus, Melas.
