Aryenis (Ancient Greek: Ἀρύηνις Arúēnis; Latin: Aryenis) was, according to Herodotus, the daughter of King Alyattes of Lydia and the sister of King Croesus of Lydia.[1]
Aryenis | |
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Spouse | Astyages |
Issue | Mandane (?) Amytis (?) |
Father | Alyattes |
The name Aryenis comes from the Latin transliteration of the Ancient Greek Arúēnis (Ἀρύηνις), which was itself the Hellenised form of a Lydian name cognate with the Hittite term 𒂖 arawanni-, which meant "free", that is a free person, as opposed to an enslaved or unfree person.[2][3]
Following the Battle of the Eclipse, was married to Astyages, son of the Median king Cyaxares as part of a diplomatic marriage to seal a peace treaty between Cyaxares and Alyattes. Aryenis became the Queen consort of Astyages when he succeeded Cyaxares.[4]
Herodotus does not clearly identify her as the mother of Mandane (the wife of Cambyses I of Anshan)[5] and there is speculation that she may have been born to an earlier wife of Astyages.[1]
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