How to Pronounce Astyages
uh-STY-uh-jeez
Astyages is pronounced uh-STY-uh-jeez: four syllables, stress on the second.
Who was Astyages?
Astyages was a king named in the apocryphal book Bel and the Dragon. At his death he was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia received his kingdom (Bel and the Dragon 1:1). He does not appear in the King James Old or New Testament.