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May 11, 2024 · Last updated May 13, 2024. How to say Astyages in English? Pronunciation of Astyages with 4 audio pronunciations, 1 meaning and more for Astyages.
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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 (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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Mar 17, 2023 · Pronunciation [edit] IPA : /asˈty.a.ɡeːs/, [äs̠ˈt̪yäɡeːs̠] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA : /asˈti.a.d͡ʒes/, [äsˈt̪iːäd͡ʒes] Proper noun [edit] Astyagēs m sg (genitive Astyagis); third declension. Astyages; Declension [edit] Third-declension noun, singular only.
