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Cyrus (Surnamed THE ELDER founder)

surnamed THE ELDER, founder of the Persian monarchy, was son of Cambyses, a Persian noble, and of Man- CYRUS, surnamed THE ELDER, founder Media. The principal exploits attributed Cambyses, a Persian noble, and of Mandane, daughter of Astyages, king of Media. The principal exploits attributed to him are the incitement to a revolt of 16-Vol. III-Cyc 1 CYRUS the Persians and consequent defeat of Astyages and the Medes, when he became king, 559 B. C.; the conquest of Lydia and capture of Crœsus; the siege and capture capture of of Babylon Ba in in 538, 5 and the invasion of Scythia, where he was defeated and slain by Tomyris, queen of the Massagetæ, 529. He was interred at Psargardæ.