Steven D. Anderson and Rodger C. Young* Modern commentators on the book of Daniel commonly assert that there is no reference in ancient extrabiblical literature to Daniel’s Darius the Mede by the name “Darius,” apart from writers such as Josephus who were dependent on Daniel. However, the ancient writers Berossus and Valerius Harpocration were independent of the book of Daniel and yet referred to a king named Darius