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==Arguments for Fictional==

==Arguments for Fictional==

It is sufficient to say on this subject that without a clear clay tablet on the subject, skeptics hold the character of [[Darius the Mede]] to be purely fictional and therefore the entire chapter as fiction.  This as Barnes notes<ref>Barnes Commentary, ''Daniel 6:1, Section 2'' - "Considerable importance is to be attached to the question who was Darius the Mede, as it has been made a ground of objection to the Scripture narrative, that no person by that name is mentioned in the Greek writers."

It is sufficient to say on this subject that without a clear clay tablet on the subject, skeptics hold the character of [[Darius the Mede]] is either "literary fiction, appropriate to the genre of a court contest tale"<ref>Hill, Andrew, ''Expositor's Commentary'', Zondervan, 2009, p.114. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=bCPBrAfBSdgC&pg=PA114&dq=expositor%27s+commentary+%22Generally+for+critical+commentators+the+character+is+simply+a+literary+fiction+appropriate+to+the+Genre+of+court-contest+tale%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9q8_JwP_oAhWy7XMBHcSsCIoQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=expositor's%20commentary%20%22Generally%20for%20critical%20commentators%20the%20character%20is%20simply%20a%20literary%20fiction%20appropriate%20to%20the%20Genre%20of%20court-contest%20tale%22&f=false</ref> or similarly a literary composite of several individuals as sumarized by Hill<ref>Hill, Andrew, ''Expositor's Commentary'', Zondervan, 2009, p.114. https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Expositor_s_Bible_Commentary/bCPBrAfBSdgC?q=expositor%27s+commentary+%22Generally+for+critical+commentators+the+character+is+simply+a+literary+fiction+appropriate+to+the+Genre+of+court-contest+tale%22&gbpv=1#f=false</ref> and therefore the entire chapter as fiction.  This as Barnes notes<ref>Barnes Commentary, ''Daniel 6:1, Section 2'' - "Considerable importance is to be attached to the question who was Darius the Mede, as it has been made a ground of objection to the Scripture narrative, that no person by that name is mentioned in the Greek writers."

[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/barnes/daniel/6.htm]</ref> is generally presented as evidence that the entire book is not considered to be of any historical value and is to be disqualified entirely.

[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/barnes/daniel/6.htm]</ref> is generally presented as evidence that possibly the entire book is not considered to be of any historical value and is to be disqualified entirely.

==Arguments for Cyaxares II==

==Arguments for Cyaxares II==