Borysthenites

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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