(Κυαξάρης, ancient Persian Uvaxštra-, etymology uncertain).
[1] Median king of the 7th or 6th cent. BC
Median ‘king’ of the 7th/6th cents. BC. In the Median lógos of Herodotus (Hdt. 1,73f.; 103-107) C. appears as τύραννος/týrannos or βασιλεύς/basileús of the Medes, as the son of Phraortes, grandson of Deioces and father of Astyages. During his 40-year reign, he is said -- after a Scythian interregnum -- to have conquered the Assyrians and to …