Nomenclature
Greek Name: Βορυσθεν-είτης or Βορυσθεν-ίτης , ου, Ion. Βορυσθεν-εΐτης , εω, ὁ; Βορυσθέν-ης , ους, ὁ = Dnieper river
Latin Name: Borysthenita
Toponyms:
Cultural Notes
farming Scythians had a port midway along the coast of Scythia, call themselves Milesians or Borystheneïtae
Geographical Notes
inhabit a region which extends for three days' journey east, up to a river called the Panticapes, and to the north for eleven days' sailing up the Borysthenes (Dnieper)
Citations in Herodotos
4.17-18, 4.78-79
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
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