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Sagartians

Nomenclature

Greek Name: 

Latin Name: Sagartii

Toponyms:

Cultural Notes

Persian tribe, nomadic

Geographical Notes

fourteenth Persian province

Citations in Herodotos

3.93, 1.25

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

Hdt. 1.125
tribute to the empire: Hdt. 3.93
in Xerxes' army: Hdt. 7.85

Other Commentary


Perseus Encyclopedia:

W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotos: The Sagartians (Persian nomads in i. 125) and the Utians (cf. B. I. iii. 40, Yautiya, ‘a district of Persia’) seem to have been connected with the ruling race, but may have been made tributaries for not having assisted Cyrus in his attack on the Medes.

 
The Sagartians are described (viii. 85) as horsemen armed with lassoes.

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

Disambiguation

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