his dynasty13. Even had this fabulous second Cyaxares existed, however, an identification between him and Darius the Mede, would be impossible, owing to the difference of the names of their respective fathers. The latter is called in chapter 9:1, the son of Ahasuerus (Xerxes), a name which could never be considered the same as Astyages. The attempt to identify the Darius of Daniel with the King Darius mentioned in the Armenian Chronicle of Eusebius14 can hardly be regarded