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    Who did Herodutus have a dream about, her urine filled all of Asia?

    Question #79542. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Apr 27 07 2:59 AM)


    foregone

    		As far as I can tell Herodotus himself did not have the dream, but rather Astyages, King of Media and father of Mandane. Mandane was the subject of the dream, and it was her urine which filled Asia. She was the mother of Cyrus II, or Cyrus the Great who became the founder of the Persian empire and also was victorius of his grandfather the dreamer. Herodotus himself just reported the dream.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandane_of_Media
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great

    Apr 27 07, 3:29 AM
    zbeckabee

    		"Astyages, son of Cyaxares, now inherited the throne. A daughter was born to him, whom he called Mandane; and Astyages dreamed that she urinated so much that the urine filled his city, then went on to flood all of Asia." [Herodotus' presentation of Cyrus' story]


    http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/History/madha/astyages_dreams.htm

    Apr 27 07, 6:11 AM

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