Thyssagetae
Map depicting the world as described by Herodotus, with the Thyssagetae on the northern banks of the 'Palus Maeotis'
Thyssagetae (Ancient Greek: Θυσσαγέται) were an ancient tribe described by Herodotus[1] as occupying a district to the north-east of Scythia (present-day Russia) separated from the Budini by a desert seven days journey broad. From their land four rivers flowed into the Maeotis, but as one of them, the Oarus, is almost certainly the Volga, there must be some mistake about this. They seem to have held the southern end of the Urals about Ufa and Orenburg.
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- ↑ Herodotus. Histories, 4.22.1: "...after the desert, if one inclines somewhat to the east, the Thyssagetae are reached, a numerous nation quite distinct from any other, and living by the chase."
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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