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Cyaxares 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.
Cyaxares (died 585 bc) was the king of Media (located in what is now northwestern Iran), who reigned from 625 to 585 bc. According to the 5th-century-bc Greek historian Herodotus, Cyaxares renewed the war with the Assyrians after his father, Phraortes, had been slain in battle.
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. He is not mentioned in the histories of Herodotus or Ctesias, and many scholars doubt that he actually existed.
Dec 15, 1993 · The only historically attested Median king named Cyaxares is the one whom Herodotus (1.73, 1.103-07) mentioned as a son of Phraortes and father of the last Median king, Astyages. If the eclipse of the sun mentioned by Herodotus (1.74) was that of 585, then Cyaxares reigned until 585/4 b.c.e.
Cyaxares (sīăk´sərēz), d. 585 BC, king of Media (c.625–585 BC). His name also appears as Umakishtar and Huyakhshtara. In the course of his reign he raised the kingdom of the Medes to a major power in the Middle East.
People > Cyaxares I. Cyaxares I Background. Cyaxares (625–585 BCE) was one of the most famous and powerful kings of Median Empire and responsible for helping to bring down the regional superpower Assyria. He is most well known for organizing all of the tribes of the Iranian Plateau and building the Median Empire. He was also the first known ...
CYAXARES (Pers. Uvakhshatra), king of Media, reigned according to Herodotus (i. 107) forty years, about 6 2 4-5 8 4 B.C. That he was the real founder of the Median empire is proved by the fact that in Darius's time a Median usurper, Fravartish, pretended to be his offspring (Behistun inscr. 2.43); but about his history we know very little.
Cyaxares sīăk´sərēz [ key], d. 585 BC, king of Media (c.625–585 BC). His name also appears as Umakishtar and Huyakhshtara. In the course of his reign he raised the kingdom of the Medes to a major power in the Middle East.
Cyaxares (Persian Uvakhšatara, Akkadian Umakištar): name of a king of the Medes, who may have reigned from c.625 to c.585. Two Medes. The only account of the reign of Cyaxares can be found in the first book of the Histories by the Greek researcher Herodotus (c.480-c.429). He writes that the Median leader Phraortes.
This Cyaxares is presented as a major actor in the history of the time in Xenophon’s Cyropaedia, but the consensus of modern historians is that he is entirely fictitious, the invention of Xenophon.
