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The 'Massagetae' were an Iranian people[1][2][3][4][5] of antiquity known primarily from the writings of Herodotus. Their name was probably akin to Getae and Thyssagetae.
According to Herodotus:
They were similar to the Scythians in their dress and mode of living. Each man had one woman, yet their wives were held in common, this custom differentiating the Massagetae from the Scythians. Queen Tomyris succeeded her dead husband, the former king of the Massagetae. The Massagetae worshipped only one god, the sun, and sacrificed a horse in its honour.
A number of different versions have been transmitted concering the passing away of Cyrus the Great. One version reported
According to Herodotus Cyrus the Great of Persia met his death in a battle with the Massagetae living beyond Araxes river. They were a people from the southern deserts of Khwarezm in today's Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The queen of the Massagetae, Tomyris, prevailed, although Cyrus had defeated Tomyris's son Spargapises. Herodotus mentions: '' Of all the combats in which the barbarians'' [a term meaning non-Greeks which was not a derogatory term in Herotodus's time] ''have engaged among themselves, I reckon this to have been the fiercest.''
Ammianus Marcellinus considered the Alans to be the former Massagetae.[6]. At the close of the fourth century CE, Claudian (the court poet of Emperor Honorius and Stilicho) wrote of Alans and Massagetae in the same breath: "the Massagetes who cruelly wound their horses that they may drink their blood, the Alans who break the ice and drink the waters of Maeotis' lake." (''In Rufinem'')
1. Karasulas, Antony. ''Mounted Archers Of The Steppe 600 Bc-ad 1300 (Elite)'',Osprey Publishing , 2004, pg 7, ISBN 184176809
2. Wilcox, Peter. ''Rome's Enemies: Parthians and Sassanids'', Osprey Publishing , 1986, pg 9, ISBN 0850456886
3. Gershevitch, Ilya. The Cambridge History of Iran, 1985, Volume two, Cambridge University Press, 1985, pg 48 ISBN 0521200911
4. Grousset, René. The Empire of the Steppes, 1989, Rutgers University Press, pg 547 ISBN 0813513049
5. All the year round - Page 422 by charles dickens
6. "''iuxtaque Massagetae Halani et Sargetae''", "''per Albanos et Massagetas, quos Alanos nunc appellamus''", "''Halanos pervenit, veteres Massagetas''"
★ Herodotus Histories
★ Ammianus Marcellinus
The 'Massagetae' were an Iranian people[1][2][3][4][5] of antiquity known primarily from the writings of Herodotus. Their name was probably akin to Getae and Thyssagetae.
| Contents |
| Customs |
| History |
| Continuity |
| References |
| External links |
Customs
According to Herodotus:
They were similar to the Scythians in their dress and mode of living. Each man had one woman, yet their wives were held in common, this custom differentiating the Massagetae from the Scythians. Queen Tomyris succeeded her dead husband, the former king of the Massagetae. The Massagetae worshipped only one god, the sun, and sacrificed a horse in its honour.
History
A number of different versions have been transmitted concering the passing away of Cyrus the Great. One version reported
According to Herodotus Cyrus the Great of Persia met his death in a battle with the Massagetae living beyond Araxes river. They were a people from the southern deserts of Khwarezm in today's Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The queen of the Massagetae, Tomyris, prevailed, although Cyrus had defeated Tomyris's son Spargapises. Herodotus mentions: '' Of all the combats in which the barbarians'' [a term meaning non-Greeks which was not a derogatory term in Herotodus's time] ''have engaged among themselves, I reckon this to have been the fiercest.''
Continuity
Ammianus Marcellinus considered the Alans to be the former Massagetae.[6]. At the close of the fourth century CE, Claudian (the court poet of Emperor Honorius and Stilicho) wrote of Alans and Massagetae in the same breath: "the Massagetes who cruelly wound their horses that they may drink their blood, the Alans who break the ice and drink the waters of Maeotis' lake." (''In Rufinem'')
References
1. Karasulas, Antony. ''Mounted Archers Of The Steppe 600 Bc-ad 1300 (Elite)'',Osprey Publishing , 2004, pg 7, ISBN 184176809
2. Wilcox, Peter. ''Rome's Enemies: Parthians and Sassanids'', Osprey Publishing , 1986, pg 9, ISBN 0850456886
3. Gershevitch, Ilya. The Cambridge History of Iran, 1985, Volume two, Cambridge University Press, 1985, pg 48 ISBN 0521200911
4. Grousset, René. The Empire of the Steppes, 1989, Rutgers University Press, pg 547 ISBN 0813513049
5. All the year round - Page 422 by charles dickens
6. "''iuxtaque Massagetae Halani et Sargetae''", "''per Albanos et Massagetas, quos Alanos nunc appellamus''", "''Halanos pervenit, veteres Massagetas''"
External links
★ Herodotus Histories
★ Ammianus Marcellinus
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