Astyages, The last king of Medes, father to Mandana, the mother of noble king Cyrus, who was. 597. yeares before the incarnation, reigned. 38. yeeces, and at last was deposed by Cyrus. An other Astyages was by the Gorgons bead of Perseus turned into a marble stone.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Astăges, is, m., = *)astua/ghs. I.King of Media, father of Mandane, and grandfather of Cyrus, by whom he was deprived of his throne, Just. 1, 4 sq.—II.An enemy of Perseus, changed by him to stone by means of Medusa's head, Ov. M. 5, 203.