Orontes I Sakavakyats

Orontes I Sakavakyats (Armenian: Երվանդ Ա Սակավակյաց) was a legendary king of Armenia, who was the personification of the Orontid dynasty.

When Media was invaded by the Chaldaeans during the reign of Astyages' son and successor Cyaxares, the "king of Armenia" refused to help to him as he was obliged.

As a result, Cyrus, who was the son of Astyages' daughter Mandana, quickly led an expedition into Armenia.

The "king of Armenia" sent his family, including his younger son Sabaris as well as the treasury to the mountains.

[3] This account by Xenophon, which was not mentioned by Herodotus (died 425 BC), was considered "pure fabrication" by the Iranologist Alireza Shapur Shahbazi.