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Alazones

Nomenclature

Greek Name: ἀλαζόνες

Latin Name: Alazones

Toponyms:

Cultural Notes

basically Scythian, but are not Scythians

Geographical Notes

Along the River Hypanis to the west of the Borysthenes

Citations in Herodotos

4.17

Key Passages in English Translation

 

English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. Retreived from <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu>

Key Passages in Greek

 

Other Testimonia

 

Other Commentary


Perseus Encyclopedia:

W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotos:

Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
 

Disambiguation

Ălāzon , ŏnos, m.,
I. a river in Albania, now Alasan, Plin. 6, 10, 11, § 29; Val. Fl. 6, 102.