Amytis (daughter of Astyages)

Amytis
BornEcbatana
Diedc. 520s BCE
Pasargadae
SpouseSpitamas
Cyrus the Great
Median*ᴴumati
Old Persian*ᴴumati
HouseMedian
FatherAstyages
MotherAryenis (?)
ReligionAncient Iranian religion

Amytis (c. 540s-c. 520s BCE; Median: *ᴴumati; Ancient Greek: Αμυτις Amutis; Latin: Amytis)[1][2] was an Achaemenid queen consort. She was the daughter of the Median king Astyages, and the wife of Cyrus II.

  1. ^ Schmitt 1989.
  2. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2011). Iranisches Personennamenbuch [Book of Iranian Personal Names] (in German). Vol. 5.5a. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-3-700-17142-3.