EST011 - Cyrus the Great's Grandaddy Could Be a Bit of a Curmudgeon
The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast
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Cyrus's Relationship With His Grandpa
King Astaiages of the Medes was probably just about as powerful as Nebuchadnezzar. Cyrus's relationship with his grandpa is formative as well because his grandpa tries to murder him. Herodotus paints a picture of Astaiages being a man who believed in omens and dreams that started to be haunted by these very bizarre, very graphic dreams.
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