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Cyaxares
| Cyaxares | |
|---|---|
| King of Media | |
_rather_than_Median.jpg) Possible relief of Cyaxares, Qyzqapan tomb, Sulaymaniyah. Iraqi Kurdistan. | |
| King of the Medes | |
| Reign | 625 – 585 BCE |
| Coronation | BC 625 |
| Predecessor | Phraortes |
| Successor | Astyages |
| Born | BC 675 Ecbatana |
| Died | 585 BCE |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Daughter (or granddaughter) of Nabopolassar |
| Issue | Astyages Amytis |
| Median | ᴴuvaxšϑra |
| Dynasty | Median dynasty |
| Father | Phraortes |
| Religion | Ancient Iranian religion |
Cyaxares[a] was the third king of the Medes. He ascended to the throne in 625 BCE, after his father Phraortes lost his life in a battle against the Assyrians.
Cyaxares collaborated with the Babylonians to destroy the Assyrian Empire, and united most of the Iranian peoples of ancient Iran, thereby transforming Media into a major power.[8][9]
- ^ Diakonoff 1985, p. 139.
- ^ according to Igor Diakonoff[1]
- ^ Ivantchik, Askold (1993). Les Cimmériens au Proche-Orient [The Cimmerians in the Near East] (PDF) (in French). Fribourg, Switzerland; Göttingen, Germany: Editions Universitaires Fribourg (Switzerland); Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Germany). p. 83. ISBN 978-3-727-80876-0.
- ^ a b c d Diakonoff 1993.
- ^ Akbarzadeh, D.; A. Yahyanezhad (2006). The Behistun Inscriptions (Old Persian Texts) (in Persian). Khaneye-Farhikhtagan-e Honarhaye Sonati. p. 87. ISBN 964-8499-05-5.
- ^ Kent, Ronald Grubb (1953). Old Persian: Grammar, Text, Glossary. pp. 177.
- ^ Schmitt 2011, pp. 216–218.
- ^ Cyaxares Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine (Livius.org)
- ^ Cyaxares king of Media britannica.com
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