Astyages

Role: king of Persia · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 10

In Book 5, Chapter 10, Astyages is identified as “the son of Cyaxaras” and as king of Persia. The same passage names him as a contemporary of Alyattes and Byzes.

Relationship record

Book 5 · Chapter 10

• parent: Cyaxaras “Astyages (the son of Cyaxaras) the king of Persia.”
• with Alyattes (They are contemporaries.) “This Byzes was a contemporary of Alyattes the Lydian and Astyages (the son of Cyaxaras) the king of Persia.”
• with Byzes (They were contemporaries.) “This Byzes was a contemporary of Alyattes the Lydian and Astyages (the son of Cyaxaras) the king of Persia.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.