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title: The Revenge of Tomyris
author: Web Gallery of Art
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3247/the-revenge-of-tomyris/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Revenge of Tomyris

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## Image File

[![The Revenge of Tomyris](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3247.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3247.jpg)

## Image Caption

The Revenge of Tomyris by Michiel van Coxcie (c. 1620 CE). On display at Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna. Tomyris was queen of the Massagetae who successfully defended her people against a Persian invasion led by [Cyrus the Great](https://www.worldhistory.org/Cyrus_the_Great/). According to [Herodotus](https://www.worldhistory.org/herodotus/) (1:214), [Cyrus](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Cyrus/) died in [battle](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/battle/) against her, and in this image she is depicted holding his severed head.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Art, W. G. o. (2014, December 02). The Revenge of Tomyris. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3247/the-revenge-of-tomyris/>
### Chicago
Art, Web Gallery of. "The Revenge of Tomyris." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 02, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3247/the-revenge-of-tomyris/>.
### MLA
Art, Web Gallery of. "The Revenge of Tomyris." *World History Encyclopedia*, 02 Dec 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3247/the-revenge-of-tomyris/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](http://www.wga.hu/html_m/c/coxcie/michiel/tomyris.html) by **Web Gallery of Art**. Submitted by [Pietro Maria Liuzzo](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/pietro.liuzzo/ "User Page: Pietro Maria Liuzzo"), published on 02 December 2014. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.