Pactyes

Nomenclature

Greek Name: Πακτυικῆς

Latin Name:

Toponyms:

Cultural Notes

 

Geographical Notes

a people in the E. of the Persian empire

Citations in Herodotos

3.93, 4.44, 7.67

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

near India, Scylax' voyage thence down the Indus: Hdt. 4.44
in Xerxes' army: Hdt. 7.67
another "Pactyice" near Armenia, its tribute to Persia: Hdt. 3.93

Other Commentary


Perseus Encyclopedia:

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

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

Disambiguation

not to be confused with Pactyes, a leader of a Lydian revolt against Cyrus [Hdt. 1.154
his surrender to the Persians: Hdt. 1.161, Paus. 4.35.10]; cf. Pactyē , ēs, and Pactya , ae, f., = Πακτύη,
I. a town of Thrace, now Doghan Arslan, Nep. Alc. 7, 4; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 48.