Cambyses may refer to: *

Cambyses I Cambyses I ( ''Kambūjiya'') was king of Anshan from c. 580 to 559 BC and the father of Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II), younger son of Cyrus I, and brother of Arukku. He should not be confused with his better-known grandson Cambyses ...

, King of Anshan 600 to 559 BCE *

Cambyses II Cambyses II () was the second King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning 530 to 522 BCE. He was the son of and successor to Cyrus the Great (); his mother was Cassandane. His relatively brief reign was marked by his conquests in North Afric ...

, King of Persia 530 to 522 BCE * Cambyses, ancient name of the

Iori river The Iori ( ka, იორი, ) is a river in the South Caucasus that originates in the Greater Caucasus Mountains in eastern Georgia and flows south into Azerbaijan, where it is also known as Gabirry (Qabirry). The river eventually flows into the ...

in the South Caucasus * ''

Cambyses Romance The ''Cambyses Romance'' is an anonymous Sahidic Coptic prose narrative composed no later than the 7th century AD. It is a fictionalized account of the invasion of Egypt by the Persian king Cambyses II in 525 BC that blends various traditions. It ...

'', a prose narrative * ''Cambyses'', a tragedy (published 1569) by Thomas Preston * ''

Cambyses, King of Persia ''Cambyses, King of Persia'' is 1671 tragedy by the English writer Elkanah Settle. It was staged by the Duke's Company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London. The original cast included Thomas Betterton as Cambyses, Henry Harris as Prexas ...

'', a 1671 play * ''Qambeez'' (''Cambyses''), a tragedy in Arabic by

Ahmed Shawqi Ahmed Shawqi (, , ; 1868–1932), nicknamed the Prince of Poets ( ''Amīr al-Shu‘arā’''), was an Egyptian poet laureate, linguist, and one of the most famous Arabic literary writers of the modern era in the Arab World. Life Shawqi was b ...

* Kambyses, protagonist in Felix Salten’s novel ''

The Hound of Florence ''The Hound of Florence: A Novel'' () is a 1923 novel written by Felix Salten. It is best known today for partly inspiring the 1959 Walt Disney Productions film '' The Shaggy Dog'' as well as its sequels and remakes. The novel was first translate ...

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