see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Astyages was the last king of the Median kingdom, reigning from 585 to 550 BCE....

Astyages (Ancient Greek: Ἀστυάγης) can refer to several figures from ancient history and mythology: Astyages, ancient Median king of the 6th century BCE...

was an Achaemenid queen consort. She was the daughter of the Median king Astyages, and the wife of Cyrus II. The female name Amytis is the Latinised form...

Astyages (Ancient Greek: Ἀστυάγης) was a man of ancient Greece who was a grammarian who wrote a commentary on the poet Callimachus as well as some other...

The Medo-Persian conflict was a military campaign led by the Median king Astyages against Persis in the mid 6th-century BCE. Classical sources claim that...

cheerful”. Mandane was the daughter of Astyages, but the name of her mother is not mentioned. It is said that Astyages married Aryenis in 585 BC, but it is...

following genera: Sclerosomus Cholus Neoerethistes Desmosomus Anaenomus Astyage Lixodes Rhinastus Acrotomopus Ozopherus Ameris Lobaspis Homalinotus Odontoderes...

was a vassal of the Median king Astyages and, he solidified his political standing through marriage to one of Astyages' daughters, whose name wasn't explicitly...

such an act, Astyages had the boy brought to his court, and interviewed him and his adoptive father. Upon the shepherd's confession, Astyages sent Cyrus...

Cyaxares II, who is said to be the son of Astyages by Xenophon. Thus this Ahasuerus is commonly identified with Astyages. He is alternatively identified, together...

daughter of Cyaxares, and the sister of Astyages. Amytis had a niece, also named Amytis, from her brother Astyages. Amytis married Nebuchadnezzar to formalize...

ancient Near East alongside Babylon, Lydia, and Egypt. During his reign, Astyages (r. 585–550 BCE) worked to strengthen and centralize the Median state,...

the total reign of the dynasty 150 years. The existence of Cyaxares and Astyages is not controversial, as they are mentioned in other contemporaneous sources...

member of the Median royal house who served King Astyages, the last king of Media. When word reached Astyages that Cyrus was gathering his forces, he ordered...

taken the historical Darius and projected him into a fictional past. Astyages. Astyages was the last king of the Medes; he was defeated by Cyrus in 550 (or...

grandfather, the Median King, Astyages son of Cyaxares; he finally won a decisive victory in 550 BC resulting in Astyages' capture by his own dissatisfied...

Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares Astyages 539–331 BCE Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt (First Achaemenid conquest...

Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares Astyages 539–331 BCE Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt (First Achaemenid conquest...

which place Daniel at the court of Cyrus, king of the Persians: "When King Astyages was laid to rest with his ancestors, Cyrus the Persian succeeded to his...

animals that he risks his life to give his game to Astyages out of the love he has for him. Astyages rejects the gifts telling Cyrus that no gift could...

kings Family tree Median (728–550 BC) Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares Astyages Achaemenid (550–330 BC) Achaemenes Ariaramnes Arsames Teispes Cyrus I Cambyses...

according to Berosus and Abydenus, was also called Astyages ( i.e. , Ashdahak ), and also Astyages , the father of Cyaxares II In two Assyrian inscriptions...

meaning "spear bearer." This name is similar to the Median form of his son Astyages's name, *R̥štivaigah, meaning "spear thrower." According to Herodotus, Cyaxares...

Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares Astyages 539–331 BCE Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt (First Achaemenid conquest...

Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares Astyages 539–331 BCE Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt (First Achaemenid conquest...

Median areas of the central Zagros. In 550 BC, Cyrus the Great defeated Astyages and conquered Ecbatana, forming the Achaemenid Empire. Although Ecbatana...

capturing Astyages and taking the Median capital city of Ecbatana. Once in control of Ecbatana, Cyrus styled himself as the successor to Astyages and assumed...

cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. 585 BC/584 BC: Astyages succeeds Cyaxares as King of the Medes. 585 BC: King Jian of Zhou becomes...

1775 Tinea quadriguttella Thunberg, 1794 Tinea tristella Hübner, [1796] Astyages cylindrella Stephens, 1834 Röslerstammia quadrigutella Bruand, 1850 Butalis...

Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares Astyages 539–331 BCE Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt (First Achaemenid conquest...