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According to Diodorus, Zarinaia was the sister of the Saka king Cydraeus and initially his wife, but after his death she married the Parthian king Marmares. During the war against the Medes, Zarinaia was wounded in battle and captured by Cyaxares's son-in-law Stryngaeus , who listened to her pleas and spared her life; when Marmares later ...
- Syromedia (present-day Qyzqapan)
- Ancient Iranian religion
- Phraortes
- Daughter (or granddaughter) of Nabopolassar
After Cyrus II/The Great invited Cyaxares (II) to a palace he had prepared for him in Babylon, Cyaxares (II) granted him his daughter (Cyrus II/The Great's first cousin) in marriage, with the Median kingdom as her dowry.
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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Amytis of Media (c. 630-565 BCE; Median: *ᴴumati; Ancient Greek: Ancient Greek: Αμυτις, romanized: Amutis; Latin: Amytis) was a Queen of Ancient Babylon. She was the daughter of the Median king Cyaxares , and the wife of Nebuchadnezzar II .
- *ᴴumati
- c. 565 BCE, Babylon
Jan 23, 2021 · Mandane. 4Cyrus King of Persia. Cyaxares ( Darius the Mede) Wife unknown. Daughter of Cyaxares ( Darius the Mede) marries. Cyrus King of Persia. Unites the Kingdoms of Mede and Persia with the Tribe of Benjamin.
Amuhia or Amytis of Media (c. 630 – 565 BC) was the daughter or granddaughter of the Median king Cyaxares, and the wife of Nebuchadnezzar II. Life. Amytis was either born to Cyaxares and his wife, or to Cyaxares's son, Astyages, and daughter-in-law, Aryenis. [1] In either case it is believed she was conceived out of wedlock.
Dec 15, 1993 · Nabopolasser, king of Babylonia, arrived too late to take part in the capture of Aššur, but the two kings made a “treaty of friendship and alliance,” Cyaxares married Nabopolasser’s daughter (or, perhaps, granddaughter; cf. Berossus apud Josephus, Antiquitates 10.11). In 612 the Medes and Babylonians joined forces to storm Nineveh ...
