Names of the Scythians information

symbols instead of cuneiform script. The names of the Scythians are a topic of interest for classicists and linguists. The Scythians were an Iranic people...

westernmost Scythians have often been distinguished from other groups through the terms Classical Scythians, Western Scythians, European Scythians or Pontic...

Recorded Scythian place names include: The Greek historian Herodotus provides another source of Scythian; he reports that the Scythians called the Amazons...

mythologies. The Scythian religion was connected to the Indo-Iranian traditions, and was influenced by that of the populations whom the Scythians had conquered...

with the Scythians, Cimmerians, and other peoples inhabiting the region of Scythia, and was part of the wider Scytho-Siberian world. The Scythian Culture...

by the Scythians during the 6th to 3rd centuries BC in the Pontic–Caspian steppe. The names Scythia and Scythica are themselves Latinisations of the Ancient...

513 BC, and the Scythians retreated before him, he sent a message to Idanthyrsus, calling upon him either to fight or submit. The Scythian king answered...

The Scythian genealogical myth was an epic cycle of the Scythian religion detailing the origin of the Scythians. This myth held an important position...

lands of the Scythians, he remained resupplied by his fleet and lived to an extent off of the land. While moving eastwards in the European Scythian lands...

with an accent. The Scythian archers were called toxotai (τοξόται, literally "[the] archers"), Skythai (Σκύθαι, literally "[the] Scythians"), and Speusinioi...

population of the chorai of the Greek cities’. Ivantchik (2019) states that the Scythians of the time, including those inhabiting Scythian Neapolis, were...

West Asia. Although the Cimmerians were culturally Scythian, they formed an ethnic unit separate from the Scythians proper, to whom the Cimmerians were related...

and pursues the Scythians in an attempt to save his family. As a guide, he takes the captive Scythian Marten (Kuznetsov) and, despite the huge differences...

reflected in the Scythian genealogical myth of the Scythians proper, according to which Agathyrsus was the eldest of the three ancestors of the Scythian peoples...

closely related to the Scythians, and both groups formed part of the wider Scythian cultures, through which they ultimately derived from the earlier Andronovo...

(Scythians), and are shown on Hindu temples (as helmets and metal crowns) and in Hittite reliefs. As described by Herodotus, the name of the Scythian tribe...

theological disputes between the 4th and 6th centuries. The name Scythian comes from Scythia Minor, the classical name of the modern Dobruja region in Romania...

the creation of the universe and was the basic essence and the source of all creation. She was the most venerated of all Scythian deities. The name Tabiti...

derived the Akkadian and Greek names for the Scythians, respectively Iškuzaya (𒅖𒆪𒍝𒀀𒀀) and Askuzaya (𒊍𒆪𒍝𒀀𒀀), and Skuthai (Σκυθαι). The Scythian language...

of the 6th century BC, the majority of the Scythians migrated from Ciscaucasia into the Pontic Steppe, which became the centre of Scythian power. The...

was the ancestral god of the Scythians according to Scythian mythology. The ancient Greeks identified him with their own hero Hēraklēs. The name Targitaus...

the 7th century BC, the Scythians expanded into West Asia, during which time the Scythian religion was influenced by the religions of the peoples of the...

Charaspes was a Scythian king ruling in the Black Sea region. He was initially thought to be the King of Sophene c. 230 BC, attested only by a single coin...

The Republic of India has two principal official short names, each of which is historically significant, India and Bharat. A third name, Hindūstān, is...