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Massagetae

Nomenclature

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Cultural Notes

some claim they are a Scythian people; drove the nomadic Scythians inhabiting Asia into the land of the Cimmerians

Geographical Notes

they live in the east, beyond the River Araxes and opposite the Issedones

Citations in Herodotos

1.201 

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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