Phraortes

Si Phraortes (mula sa Old Persian: 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼𐎫𐎡𐏁, Fravartiš,^[1]^[2] o Frâda sa pamamagitan ng Sinaunang GriyegoΦραόρτης; c. 665 BCE - 633 BCE) na anak ni Diyako ang ikalawang hari ng Imperyong Median. Tulad ng kanyang amang si Deioces, sinimulan ni Phraortes ang mga digmaan laban sa Assyria ngunit natalo at napatay ni Ashurbanipal na hari ng Neo-Assyria.

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↑ Akbarzadeh, D.; A. Yahyanezhad (2006). The Behistun Inscriptions (Old Persian Texts) (sa wikang Persyano). Khaneye-Farhikhtagan-e Honarhaye Sonati. p. 87. ISBN 964-8499-05-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
↑ Kent, Ronald Grubb (1384 AP). Old Persian: Grammar, Text, Glossary (sa wikang Persyano). translated into Persian by S. Oryan. p. 406. ISBN 964-421-045-X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (tulong)

[1] Akbarzadeh, D.; A. Yahyanezhad (2006). The Behistun Inscriptions (Old Persian Texts) (sa wikang Persyano). Khaneye-Farhikhtagan-e Honarhaye Sonati. p. 87. ISBN 964-8499-05-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)

[kent-p406-2] Kent, Ronald Grubb (1384 AP). Old Persian: Grammar, Text, Glossary (sa wikang Persyano). translated into Persian by S. Oryan. p. 406. ISBN 964-421-045-X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (tulong)

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t u b Mga haring Median at Akemenida
Punong pamilyang Akemenida
Imperyong Median (728 BCE – 550 BCE)	Deioces Phraortes Madius Cyaxares the Great Astyages
Imperyong Akemenida (550 BCE – 330 BCE)	Achaemenes† Ariaramnes† Arsames† Teispes Cyrus I Cambyses I Cyrus II, the Great Cambyses II Smerdis Darius I, the Great Xerxes I Artaxerxes I Longimanus Xerxes II Sogdianus Darius II Nothus Artaxerxes II Mnemon Artaxerxes III Ochus Artaxerxes IV Arses Darius III Codomannus
† not directly attested, possibly legendary