ASTYAGES, son of Cyaxares, and the last king of Media, began to reign in the year 594 B.C., and was dethroned by his grandson Cyrus, B.C. 559. Herodotus and Xenophon differ materially in the relation of this story: according to the latter, Cyrus peacefully succeeded to the throne on the death of Cyaxares II., the son of Astyages. See CYRUS.
ASTYANAX or SCAMANDRIUS, was the only son of Hector and Andromache. After the taking of Troy he was thrown headlong from a tower by order of Ulysses.
ASTYNOMI (ἀστυνόμοι), in Grecian Antiquity, magistrates in Athens, corresponding to the ædiles of the Romans. They were ten in number.