THE EMPIRES OF WESTERN ASIA.
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named not after the first king, but after the ancestors of the same.
Finally, we have the genealogy contained in Herodotus (VII., ii) according to which Achæmenes is not the father of the Teïspes mentioned in the Cyrus cylinder and the Behistan inscription, but his remote ancestor. As mentioned before, Herodotus inserts between Achæmenes and this Teïspes the three names, Teïspes I., Cambyses, and Cyrus.
Combining now the genealogy of Herodotus with those of the Cyrus cylinder and the Behistan inscription, we obtain the following complete table:
