Astyages (spelled by Herodotus as Ἀστυάγης – Astyages; by Ctesias as Astyigas; by Diodorus as Aspadas; Akkadian: Ištumegu) was the last king of the Median Empire r. 585 BCE-550 BCE the son of Cyaxares; he was dethroned in 550 BCE by his own grandson Cyrus the Great. His name derives from the Old Iranian Rishti Vaiga which means swinging the spear lance-hurler.
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