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en-wikipedia-org-823		Astyages - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1566	212	74	King Astyages in chains submitting to Cyrus the Great (18th century tapestry). The Median Empire during both Cyaxares the Great, and Astyages Married to Aryenis, the sister of King Croesus of Lydia, to seal the treaty between the two empires, Astyages ascended to the Median throne upon his father's death later that year.[4] The account given by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus relates that Astyages had a dream in which his daughter, Mandane, gave birth to a son who would destroy his empire. Herodotus correctly names Cyrus' parents, though he fails to mention that Cambyses was a king.[6][7] Modern scholarship generally rejects his claim that Cyrus was the grandson of Astyages.[8] Harpagus, unwilling to spill royal blood, gave the infant to a shepherd, Mitridates, whose wife had just given birth to a stillborn child. After three years of fighting, Astyages' troops mutinied during the battle of Pasargadae, and Cyrus conquered the Median's empire.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-823.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-823.txt