Grandfather of Cyrus who tried to kill his grandson

Last king of the Median Empire and the builder of Pteria. Husband of Aryenis and thus brother-in-law of Croesus, overthrown by Cyrus the Great c. 550 BC.

Astyages (in Persian: ایشتوویگو (Ishtovigu), spelled by Herodotos as Astyages; by Ctesias as Astyigas, by Diodorus as Aspadas; Akkadian: Ištumegu, Median: Rishti Vega Azhi Dahâk, Armenian: Azhdahak, Kurdish: Azh Dahâk), the last king of the Median Empire, r. 585 BCE-550 BCE, the son of king Cyaxares (Cyaraxes the Great), dethroned in 550 BCE by Cyrus the Great.