Ariapeithes
Ariapeithes (Scythian: Ariyapaiϑah;[1][2][3][4] Ancient Greek: Αριαπειθης, romanized: Ariapeithēs) was a king of the Scythians in the early 5th century BCE.[5]
| Ariapeithes | |
|---|---|
| King of the Scythians | |
| Reign | c. 450 BCE |
| Predecessor | Idanthyrsus (?) |
| Successor | Skula |
| Spouses | unnamed Greek woman unnamed Thracian princess Hupāyā |
| Issue | Skula Uxtamazatā Varika |
| Scythian | Ariyapaiϑah |
| Religion | Scythian religion |
Name
Ariapeithes's name originates from the Scythian name *Ariyapaiϑah, and is composed of the terms *Ariya-, meaning “Aryan” and “Iranian,” and *paiϑah-, meaning “decoration” and “adornment.”[1][2][3][4]
Life
Ariyapaiϑah had three wives, each of whom bore him one son:[6]
- an unnamed Greek woman from Istria, who became the mother of Skula
- an unnamed daughter of the Thracian king Tērēs I, who became the mother of Uxtamazatā
- a Scythian woman named Hupāyā (Ancient Greek: Οποιη, romanized: Opoiē; Latin: Opoea), who became the mother of Varika (Ancient Greek: Ορικος, romanized: Orikos; Latin: Oricus)
Death
Ariyapaiϑah was treacherously killed by Spargapaiϑah, the king of the Agathyrsi,[7] after which Skula became the king of the Scythians, and took his stepmother Hupāyā as one of his wives.[6]
References
- Hinz 1975, p. 40.
- Schmitt 2003.
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (2018). "SCYTHIAN LANGUAGE". Encyclopædia Iranica.
- Schmitt 2011.
- Peter, Ulrike. "Ariapeithes". Brill's New Pauly. Brill Publishers. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- Rolle 1989, p. 123.
- Sherwin-White & Kuhrt 1993, p. 145.
Sources
- Hinz, Walther [in German] (1975). Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberleiferung [Old Iranian Language from Collateral Sources] (in German). Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz. ISBN 3-447-01703-1.
- Rolle, Renate (1989). The World of the Scythians. Berkeley, United States: University of California Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-520-06864-3.
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (2003). "Die skythischen Personennamen bei Herodot" [Scythian Personal Names in Herodotus] (PDF). Annali dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli l'Orientale (in German). 63: 1–31. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (2011). Iranisches Personennamenbuch [Book of Iranian Personal Names] (in German). Vol. 5.5a. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 341–342. ISBN 978-3-700-17142-3.
- Sherwin-White, Susan M.; Kuhrt, Amélie (1993). From Samarkhand to Sardis: A New Approach to the Seleucid Empire. Berkeley, United States: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08183-3.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Ariapeithes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 284.