CYAXARES, king of the Medes, after his father Phraortes, an. mundi. 3379, besieging Niniveh, he was forced to return to defend his own country against the Scythians, who defeated him. However, he defeated them afterward; and then made himself master of Assyria; entered into Lidya, which had sheltered the Scythians; and died, after 40 years reign.