Casa Editrice Persiani Hunara: Journal of Ancient Iranian Arts and History 2975-1608 4 No. 1 2026 07 01 Movses Khorenatsi on the Wives of Astyages 69 76 248543 10.22034/hunara.2026.248543 EN Hovhannes Khorikyan M. Nalbandyan State University of Shirak 0009-0006-9810-1441 Gagik Hambaryan M. Nalbandyan State University of Shirak 0009-0001-5212-3585 Journal Article 2026 06 04 Scholars have long recognized the considerable importance of Armenian sources—particularly the accounts of Movses Khorenatsi—for the study of the ancient history of Media and Iran. Armenian sources take on particular significance when systematically compared with evidence preserved in the works of ancient Greek and Latin authors. In this respect, Khorenatsi’s accounts are at times comparable to those in classical sources, while in other instances they reveal historical realities concerning Armenian–Median and Armenian–Iranian relations. The present article focuses on Khorenatsi’s accounts of Anoysh and Tigranuhi, the women associated with Astyages, king of Media. https://www.hunara.org/article_248543_9c5b80796c75f9f0b06a81955f8f5e44.pdf