Cyaxares

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Cyaxares
King of Media
Likely relief of Cyaxeres (right), Qyzqapan tomb, Sulaymaniyah. Iraqi Kurdistan.[1]
Reign	625–585 BC
Predecessor	Phraortes
Successor	Astyages
Born	Ecbatana (present-day Hamadan)
Burial	(present-day Qyzqapan), according to Igor Diakonov[2]
Spouse	Daughter (or granddaughter) of Nabopolassar
Issue	Astyages Amytis (or granddaughter)
Dynasty	Median Dynasty
Father	Phraortes
Religion	Ancient Iranian religion

Cyaxares (Ancient Greek: Κυαξάρης; Old Persian: