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==Arguments for Cyaxares II==

==Arguments for Cyaxares II==

While the character of [[Cyaxares II]] is not generally accepted amidst the classical histories such as [[Herodotus]] or even on a currently available clay tablet, [[Cyaxares II]] presents the most natural solution to the problem and is the summary position of the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentaries.  Yet [[Cyaxares II]] is extensively presented to us as a real historical figure in one of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great's]] book of constant study: [[Xenophon|Xenophon's]] [[The Cyropedia|Cyropedia]].

While the character of [[Cyaxares II]] is not generally accepted amidst the classical histories such as [[Herodotus]] or even on a currently available clay tablet (other than two possible references in the Behistun Inscription), [[Cyaxares II]] presents the most natural solution to the problem and is the summary position of the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentaries.  Yet [[Cyaxares II]] is extensively presented to us as a real historical figure in one of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great's]] book of constant study: [[Xenophon|Xenophon's]] [[The Cyropedia|Cyropedia]].

In Xenophon's historical narrative, [[Cyrus the Great]] entered into the employ of his uncle [[Cyaxares II]] as general of the army in a mutual defence pact against Assyria (Babylon).  In this capacity [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]] campaigns with [[Cyaxares II]] at the first and then by himself until his eventual conquest of [[Babylon]].  After which [[Cyrus the Great]] returns to the capital city of [[Ecbatana]] and presents [[Cyaxares II]] with a palace in Babylon as a token of victory and receives [[Cyaxares II]]'s daughter as his wife with the kingdom of Media as her dowry.  Xenophon's account then details Cyrus' trip home to Persia where he receives the title of King upon the death of his father [[Cambyses I]].

In Xenophon's historical narrative, [[Cyrus the Great]] entered into the employ of his uncle [[Cyaxares II]] as general of the army in a mutual defence pact against Assyria (Babylon).  In this capacity [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]] campaigns with [[Cyaxares II]] at the first and then by himself until his eventual conquest of [[Babylon]].  After which [[Cyrus the Great]] returns to the capital city of [[Ecbatana]] and presents [[Cyaxares II]] with a palace in Babylon as a token of victory and receives [[Cyaxares II]]'s daughter as his wife with the kingdom of Media as her dowry.  Xenophon's account then details Cyrus' trip home to Persia where he receives the title of King upon the death of his father [[Cambyses I]].