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Tomyris
Sign in to saveAlso known as Thomyris, Tomris, Tomiride, Tomiri, Queen Tomiri, Tamyris, Queen of the Massagetai Tomyris, Thamaris
thumb|Tomyris and the Head of Cyrus, Frankenthal porcelain, c. 1773 thumb|Queen Tomyris learns that her son Spargapises has been taken alive by Cyrus, by Jan Moy (1535–1550). upright=1.3|thumb|Tomyris Plunges the Head of the Dead Cyrus Into a Vessel of Blood by Rubens
Tomyris was a legendary queen of the Massagetae, a Central Asian people, known from ancient historical accounts for her conflict with the Persian king Cyrus the Great. Her story—particularly the account of her military victory against Cyrus and her revenge on his body—has been frequently depicted in European art and literature since the Renaissance.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Tomyris
- Royalty.image
- Tomyris-Castagno.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Tomyris as imagined by Castagno, 15th century
- Royalty.succession
- Queen of the Massagetae
- Royalty.reign
- unknown –
- Royalty.spouse
- unnamed husband
- Royalty.issue
- Spargapises
- Royalty.religion
- Scythian religion
- Royalty.predecessor1
- unnamed husband
- Royalty.successor1
- Skunkha (?)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Massagetae
- Place of birth
- Central Asia
- Place of death
- Central Asia
- Child
- Spargapises
- Occupation
- military leader
- Position held
- queen regnant
- Image
- Tomyris-Castagno.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Queen Tomyris
- date of birth
- 0600-01-01
- date of death
- 0600-01-01
- present in work
- Civilization VI
- ethnic group
- Massagetae
- replaced by
- Skunkha
- enemy
- Cyrus the Great
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Background
- War with Persia
- Death of Spargapises
- Death of Cyrus
- Aftermath
- Legacy
- In popular culture
- See also
- Footnotes
- Sources
thumb|Tomyris and the Head of Cyrus, Frankenthal porcelain, c. 1773 thumb|Queen Tomyris learns that her son Spargapises has been taken alive by Cyrus, by Jan Moy (1535–1550). upright=1.3|thumb|Tomyris Plunges the Head of the Dead Cyrus Into a Vessel of Blood by Rubens
Tomyris (; Saka: ; ; ) also called Thomyris, Tomris, or Tomiride, was a queen of the Massagetae who ruled during the 6th century BCE. Tomyris is known only from the writings of the Greek historian Herodotus, according to whom she led her armies to defend against an attack by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire, and defeated and killed him in 530 BC. She is not mentioned in the few other early sources covering the period, especially Ctesias.
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