Argippaei

Nomenclature

Greek Name: Ἀργιππαῖοι

Latin Name: Argippaei

Toponyms:

Cultural Notes

have a distinct language, dress like Scythians

Geographical Notes

a primitive people adjacent to Scythia

Citations in Herodotos

4.23 said to be bald:  4.23

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: H. here applies three of the four anthropological criteria of race. The Argippaei are marked off as a distinct people by physical features (i.e. 'descent' and by 'language'; but the evidence of 'custom is various; while they have a Scyth. dress, their food is different form the Scythian

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

Disambiguation

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