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Tomyris-Castagno
Tomyris as imagined by Castagno, 15th century
Tomyris and the Head of Cyrus MET DP238532 (cropped)
Tomyris and the Head of Cyrus, Frankenthal porcelain, c. 1773
Queen Tomyris learns that her son Spargapises has been taken alive by Cyrus, by Jan Moy (1535-1550)
Queen Tomyris learns that her son Spargapises has been taken alive by Cyrus, by Jan Moy (1535-1550).
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Tomyris Plunges the Head of the Dead Cyrus Into a Vessel of Blood by Rubens

Tomyris ( from Eastern Iranian: Tahm-Rayiš "Brave"; or Scythian: *Tᵃumurī̆ or *Θᵃumurī̆.) also called Thomyris, Tomris, Tomiride, or Queen Tomiri, reigned over the Massagetae, an Iranian people from Scythian pastoral-nomadic confederation of Central Asia east of the Caspian Sea, in parts of modern-day Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, western Uzbekistan, and southern Kazakhstan. Tomyris led her armies to defend against an attack by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire, and, according to Herodotus, defeated and killed him in 530 BC.

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