Deioces

Deioces, Déjocès, Deiokes or Diyako (709 BC – 656 BC) was a Prince and the first king of the Medes. He united seven Median tribes and became their Judge and leader, beginning in 701 BC. After seven years of rule he resigned, the Medes elected him as king until 665 BC. Deioces built a palace in the capital, Ecbatana, now known as Hamadan. The story of his rise to power is told in book one of The Histories by Herodotus.

He was probably the son of Kyaxares, Prince of the Medes before and after 714 BC, and he in turn probably the son of another Deiokes, a Prince of the Medes, who was deported to Assyria in 715 BC.

See also

• The Histories of Herodotus (Writes about the ruler of the Medes in Book I (Clio))
• Référence:Nos ancêtres de l'Antiquité, 1991, Christian Settipani, p. 152