Aryenis
Template:Short description Template:Contains special characters Template:Infobox royalty Aryenis (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) was, according to Herodotus, the daughter of King Alyattes of Lydia and the sister of King Croesus of Lydia.[1]
Name
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Family
Following the Battle of the Eclipse, she 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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