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Cyaxares II (Ancient Greek: Κυαξάρης) was a king of the Medes whose reign is described by the Greek historian Xenophon.Some theories have equated this figure with the "Darius the Mede" named in the Book of Daniel.
[26] [24] The original Douay-Rheims Bible claims that Darius the Mede was another name for Astyages. [27] [28] "Cyaxares II". The Greek writer Xenophon tells of a Median king called Cyaxares who was the son of Astyages; [29] Xenophon is not generally given credence by historians, and he does not, in any case, say that this alleged Cyaxares ...
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.
Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC) was the first Assyrian king who made serious efforts to extend the power of his kingdom beyond the reaches of northern Mesopotamia, and he was the first Assyrian king to reach the Iranian Plateau. Although his army operated near Median territories in 843, 827, and 826 BCE, the Medes are not mentioned in the reports ...
The Median dynasty was, according to the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, a dynasty composed of four kings who ruled for 150 years under the Median Empire. [1] If Herodotus' story is accurate, the Medes were unified by a man named Deioces, the first of the four kings who would rule the Median Empire; a mighty empire that included large parts of Iran and eastern Anatolia.
Articles related to Darius the Mede, a mythological King of Babylon depicted in the Book of Daniel. Pages in category "Darius the Mede" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Phraortes, [a] son of Deioces, was the second king of the Median kingdom. Like his father Deioces, Phraortes started wars against Assyria , but was defeated and killed by the Assyrian king, probably Ashurbanipal (r. 668-631 BCE).
Ahasuerus is given as the name of the father of Darius the Mede in the Book of Daniel. [23] Josephus names Astyages as the father of Darius the Mede, and the description of the latter as uncle and father-in-law of Cyrus by mediaeval Jewish commentators matches that of Cyaxares II, who is said to be the son of Astyages by Xenophon. Thus this ...