mandane of media

Mandane of Media (c. 600–559 BC) was a Princess of Media and later Queen consort of Persia. According to Herodotus, Mandane was born to Astyages, King of Media and Princess Aryenis of Lydia, daughter of Alyattes II. Her father was a son of Cyaxares. Shorty after her birth Cyaxares reportedly had a strange dream that his newborn daughter urinated so much that Asia would flood. He consulted the magi who gave him a secret but disturbing explanation of the dream. Mandane eventually reached the age of marriage. Cyaxares chose not to marry her to a Mede but to his vassal Cambyses I of Anshan, "a man of good family and quiet habits". He reportedly considered his new son-in-law to pose no threat to the Medean throne. Mandane would however give birth to Cyrus II of Persia who would grow up to depose his maternal grandfather.

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