| Aryenis | |
| Father: | Alyattes |
| Spouse: | Astyages |
| Issue: | Mandane (?) Amytis (?) |
| Native Lang1: | Lydian |
| Native Lang2: | Median |
Aryenis (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wikt:Ἀρύηνις|Αρυηνις]]|translit=Aruēnis; Latin: Aryenis) was, according to Herodotus, the daughter of King Alyattes of Lydia and the sister of King Croesus of Lydia.[1]
The name Latin: Aryenis comes from the Latin transliteration of the Ancient Greek (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Αρυηνις), which was itself the Hellenised form of a Lydian name cognate with the Hittite term (Hittite: {{cuneiform|ana|), which meant "free", that is a free person, as opposed to an enslaved or unfree person.[2] [3]
Following the Battle of the Eclipse, was married to Astyages, son of the Median king Cyaxares as part of a diplomatic marriage to seal a peace treaty between Cyaxares and Alyattes. Aryenis became the Queen consort of Astyages when he succeeded Cyaxares.[4]
Herodotus does not clearly identify her as the mother of Mandane (the wife of Cambyses I of Anshan)[5] and there is speculation that she may have been born to an earlier wife of Astyages.[1]