History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

HISTORY OF ARMENIA. ^^
the hand of Tigraiies, who killed him by a thrust
of his spear. A vast number of Medes fell in
the action, and 10,000 were made prisoners,
amono: whom were the whole of the women
belonging to the king. The country then
submitted to the victors,
and Cyrus added it,
by the consent of Tigranes, to his own dominions.
The latter returned to Armenia loaded 3448;
, 4047.
with booty, and attended by a vast number ot
captives. In gratitude to his sister, he gave
her the city of Tigranakert, which he had lately
built, with a large extent of country in its
environs.
The women of Ahasuerus, with the
remainderof the captives, he settled near Nackjuan
and along the banks of the river Arax.
The descendants of these women, proceeding
from the king of Media, were thenceforward
called the offspring of Ajdahak or the Dragon, in
allusion to the name of Ahasuerus, which, in the
Armenian lano'uaoe, sif^nifies a dragon. At this ^450;
period, Cyrus, accompanied by Tigranes, effected
the conquest of Lydia, which was then in
the possession of Croesus, but was now added to
the large empire of the former. Shortly after,
the two monarchs besieged and took the city of
Babylon, which was given to Darius, the uncle
of Cyrus, who thenceforward governed it under
the title of king.
All the christian nations are
in possession of authentic accounts of Tigranes