Nomenclature
Greek Name: Ἀργιππαῖοι
Latin Name: Argippaei
Toponyms:
Cultural Notes
have a distinct language, dress like Scythians
Geographical Notes
a primitive people adjacent to Scythia
Citations in Herodotos
4.23 said to be bald: 4.23
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: H. here applies three of the four anthropological criteria of race. The Argippaei are marked off as a distinct people by physical features (i.e. 'descent' and by 'language'; but the evidence of 'custom is various; while they have a Scyth. dress, their food is different form the Scythian
Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
Disambiguation
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