Background
According to Herodotus, Mandane was the daughter of Astyages, King of Media.
According to Herodotus, Mandane was the daughter of Astyages, King of Media.
The name “Mandana” means: “Eternal.” in Old Persian
He consulted the magians who interpreted the dream as a warning that Mandane"s son would overthrow his rule. To forestall that outcome, Astyages betrothed Mandane to the vassal prince, Cambyses I of Anshan, "a man of good family and quiet habits", whom Astyages considered no threat to the Median throne. Astyages had a second dream when Mandane became pregnant where a vine grew from her womb and overtook the world.
Terrified, he sent his most loyal court retainer, Harpagus, to kill the child.
However, Harpagus was loath to spill royal blood and hid the child, Cyrus II, with a shepherd named Mitradates. Xenophon also gives reference to Mandane in his Cyropœdia (The Education of Cyrus).
lieutenant is when Cyrus concocts a story that his father, Cambyses I, is ill and returns to visit him that Astyages comes after him and the battle is joined. There are references to Mandana"s death as 559 British Columbia. However, as this year is considered the date of her husband"s death (Cambyses I), it is unknown if that is the actual date of her death or when she changed status from Queen Consort to Queen Mother.