Cambyses II (Person)

Cambyses II
Cambyses II

Cambyses II
559 BC - 522 BC

King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire 530–522 BC
Son of Cyrus the Great

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Cambyses killing the Apis — Killing the sacred Apis, according to legend, caused Cambyses to go mad, kill, his brother, marry his sister, and lose his throne.
By Ward - The illustrated history of the world Published 1881-1884
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76105807
Cambyses killing the Apis Killing the sacred Apis, according to legend, caused Cambyses to go mad, kill, his brother, marry his sister, and lose his throne.
By Ward - The illustrated history of the world Published 1881-1884
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Apis stele (524 BC) — Dated to the regnal year 6 of Cambyses , and depicting the king (kneeling, left) as an Egyptian pharaoh, while worshiping a dead Apis bull (right). Ironically, later Greek traditions depicted Cambyses as the slayer of this Apis bull.
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78408401
Apis stele (524 BC) Dated to the regnal year 6 of Cambyses , and depicting the king (kneeling, left) as an Egyptian pharaoh, while worshiping a dead Apis bull (right). Ironically, later Greek traditions depicted Cambyses as the slayer of this Apis bull.
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