Astyages

E342207

Median king human king

Astyages was the last king of the Median Empire, best known for being overthrown by his grandson Cyrus the Great, which led to the rise of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Astyages canonical	15
Astyages (in Media)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Median king ⓘ human ⓘ king ⓘ
associatedWith	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Lydia ⓘ
birthPlace	Media ⓘ
capital	Ecbatana ⓘ
capturedBy	Cyrus the Great ⓘ
causeOfEndOfReign	Persian revolt ⓘ
child	Mandane of Media ⓘ
conflict	War between Media and Persia ⓘ
country	Median Empire ⓘ
culture	Median ⓘ
deathPlace	Media ⓘ
describedBySource	Babylonian chronicles ⓘ Ctesias of Cnidus ⓘ surface form: Ctesias Herodotus ⓘ
dynasty	Median dynasty ⓘ
era	Iron Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Medes ⓘ
father	Cyaxares ⓘ
floruit	6th century BC ⓘ 7th century BC ⓘ
grandchild	Cyrus the Great ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
knownFor	being last king of the Medes ⓘ being overthrown by Cyrus the Great ⓘ
languageUsed	Old Iranian languages ⓘ
lastRulerOf	Median Empire ⓘ
mentionedIn	Histories ⓘ
mother	Aryenis of Lydia ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Median ⓘ
notableEvent	Achaemenid expansion campaigns ⓘ surface form: Conquest of Media by Cyrus the Great Fall of the Median Empire ⓘ
overthrownBy	Cyrus the Great ⓘ
partOf	Median Empire ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Media ⓘ
predecessor	Cyaxares ⓘ
region	Ancient Near East ⓘ
reignEnd	550 BC ⓘ
reignStart	585 BC ⓘ
relative	Alyattes II ⓘ surface form: Alyattes of Lydia Croesus ⓘ
religion	ancient Iranian religion ⓘ
spouse	Aryenis of Lydia ⓘ
successor	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Cyrus the Great ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Ecbatana ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Median Empire → notableRuler → Astyages ⓘ

King of Persia → predecessor → Astyages ⓘ

subject surface form: Cyrus the Great

this entity surface form: Astyages (in Media)

Mandane of Media → childOf → Astyages ⓘ

Mandane of Media → father → Astyages ⓘ

Medes → ruler → Astyages ⓘ

Medes → lastKing → Astyages ⓘ

accession of Cyrus the Great → hasParticipant → Astyages ⓘ

Media → notableRuler → Astyages ⓘ

royal court of the Medes → notableOfficeHolder → Astyages ⓘ

Alyattes II → treatyConcludedWith → Astyages ⓘ

Cyaxares → successor → Astyages ⓘ

Cyaxares → child → Astyages ⓘ

Median Kingdom → hasLeader → Astyages ⓘ

Median dynasty → hasKing → Astyages ⓘ

Median dynasty → lastMonarch → Astyages ⓘ

Book 3 → featuresCharacter → Astyages ⓘ

subject surface form: Book 3 (Cyropaedia)