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As discussed at the start, while the character of [[Cyaxares II]] is not generally accepted amidst the classical histories such as [[Herodotus]], the reconstructed fragments of [[Ctesias]], the [[Uruk King Lit]], the [[Ptolemy's Canon|Cannon of Ptolemy]]<ref>Ptolemy's ''Canon''[https://www.livius.org/articles/concept/ptolemys-canon/]</ref> or even on a currently available clay tablet (other than two possible references in the [[Behistun (inscription)|Behistun Inscription]]), [[Cyaxares II]] presents the most natural solution to the problem and is the summary position of several Bible commentaries such as: ''Benson Commentary''<ref>Benson Commentary, Daniel 9:1 [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/daniel/9.htm]</ref><ref>Benson Commentary, Daniel 6:1[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/daniel/6.htm]</ref><ref>Benson Commentary, Daniel 5:30-31 [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/daniel/5.htm]</ref> ''Barnes Notes''<ref>Barnes Notes, Daniel 9:1[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/barnes/daniel/9.htm]</ref> & the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentaries.

As discussed at the start, while the character of [[Cyaxares II]] is not generally accepted amidst the classical histories such as [[Herodotus]], the reconstructed fragments of [[Ctesias]], the [[Uruk King Lit]], the [[Ptolemy's Canon|Cannon of Ptolemy]]<ref>Ptolemy's ''Canon''[https://www.livius.org/articles/concept/ptolemys-canon/]</ref> or even on a currently available clay tablet (other than two possible references in the [[Behistun (inscription)|Behistun Inscription]]), [[Cyaxares II]] presents the most natural solution to the problem and is the summary position of several Bible commentaries such as: ''Benson Commentary''<ref>Benson Commentary, Daniel 9:1 [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/daniel/9.htm]</ref><ref>Benson Commentary, Daniel 6:1[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/daniel/6.htm]</ref><ref>Benson Commentary, Daniel 5:30-31 [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/daniel/5.htm]</ref> ''Barnes Notes''<ref>Barnes Notes, Daniel 9:1[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/barnes/daniel/9.htm]</ref> & the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentaries.

Finally even [[Saint Jerome]] asserts that ''Darius the Mede'' is [[Cyaxares II]], son of [[Astyages]],<ref>Jerome, ''Commentariorum in Danielem libri III<IV>'', 820-21.</ref> leaving Benson to conclude "so that it appears to have been the generally received opinion in [Jerome's] time, as it probably was also in the time of Josephus, which was not more than five or six hundred years after [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]]."<ref>Benson's Commentaries, Daniel 6:1 [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/daniel/6.htm]</ref>  Furthermore [[Alexander the Great|Alexander's]] known love and constant study of the [[Cyropaedia]] (and thereby [[Aristotle|Aristotle's]] recommendation) show peer acceptance of the identity of [[Cyaxares II]] by both academia and heads of state not 100-200 years from the events they record.

Finally even [[Saint Jerome]] asserts that ''Darius the Mede'' is [[Cyaxares II]], son of [[Astyages]],<ref>Jerome, ''Commentariorum in Danielem libri III<IV>'', 820-21.</ref> leaving Benson to conclude "so that it appears to have been the generally received opinion in [[Saint Jerome|Jerome's]] time, as it probably was also in the time of Josephus, which was not more than five or six hundred years after [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]]."<ref>Benson's Commentaries, Daniel 6:1 [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/daniel/6.htm]</ref>  Furthermore [[Alexander the Great|Alexander's]] known love and constant study of the [[Cyropaedia]] (and thereby [[Aristotle|Aristotle's]] recommendation) show peer acceptance of the identity of [[Cyaxares II]] by both academia and heads of state not 100-200 years from the events they record.

==Arguments for Other Identites==

==Arguments for Other Identites==