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Cyaxares (Median: ᴴuvaxšϑra; Old Persian: 𐎢𐎺𐎧𐏁𐎫𐎼 ᴴuvaxštra; Akkadian: Waksatar; Old Phrygian: Ksuwaksaros; Ancient Greek: Κυαξάρης, romanized: Kuaxarēs; Latin: Cyaxarēs) was the third king of the Medes.
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- Daughter (or granddaughter) of Nabopolassar
Cyaxares (died 585 bc) was the king of Media (located in what is now northwestern Iran), who reigned from 625 to 585 bc. According to the 5th-century-bc Greek historian Herodotus, Cyaxares renewed the war with the Assyrians after his father, Phraortes, had been slain in battle.
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Cyaxares II (Ancient Greek: Κυαξάρης) was a king of the Medes whose reign is described by the Greek historian Xenophon. Some theories have equated this figure with the " Darius the Mede " named in the Book of Daniel .
Cyaxares (sīăk´sərēz), d. 585 BC, king of Media (c.625–585 BC). His name also appears as Umakishtar and Huyakhshtara. In the course of his reign he raised the kingdom of the Medes to a major power in the Middle East.
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Dec 15, 1993 · The supposed Cyaxares “I,” proposed as a king of Media in the late 8th and early 7th centuries, is thus a phantom (Grantovskiĭ, pp. 249ff., 316). The only historically attested Median king named Cyaxares is the one whom Herodotus (1.73, 1.103-07) mentioned as a son of Phraortes and father of the last Median king, Astyages .
Cyaxares ( Median: ᴴuvaxšϑra; Old Persian: 𐎢𐎺𐎧𐏁𐎫𐎼 ᴴuvaxštra; Akkadian: Waksatar; Old Phrygian: Ksuwaksaros; Ancient Greek: Κυαξάρης, romanized: Kuaxarēs; Latin: Cyaxarēs) was the third king of the Medes. Quick Facts King of the Medes, Reign ... Close.
Cyaxares (Persian Uvakhšatara, Akkadian Umakištar): name of a king of the Medes, who may have reigned from c.625 to c.585. The only account of the reign of Cyaxares can be found in the first book of the Histories by the Greek researcher Herodotus (c.480-c.429). He writes that the Median leader Phraortes.
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