Cyaxares

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For other persons of the same name, see Cyaxares I and Cyaxares II.
Cyaxares
King of Media
Possible relief of Cyaxares, Qyzqapan tomb, Sulaymaniyah. Iraqi Kurdistan.
King of the Medes
Reign625 – 585 BCE
CoronationBC 625
PredecessorPhraortes
SuccessorAstyages
BornBC 675
Ecbatana
Died585 BCE
Burial
Syromedia (present-day Qyzqapan, Kurdistan Region)[2]
SpouseDaughter (or granddaughter) of Nabopolassar
IssueAstyages
Amytis
Medianᴴuvaxšϑra
DynastyMedian dynasty
FatherPhraortes
ReligionAncient 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 regional power.[8][9]

  1. ^ Diakonoff 1985, p. 139.
  2. ^ according to Igor Diakonoff[1]
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c d Diakonoff 1993.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Kent, Ronald Grubb (1953). Old Persian: Grammar, Text, Glossary. pp. 177.
  7. ^ Schmitt 2011, pp. 216–218.
  8. ^ Cyaxares Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine (Livius.org)
  9. ^ Cyaxares king of Media britannica.com


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