Ariapeithes (

Scythian The Scythians ( or ) or Scyths (, but note Scytho- () in composition) and sometimes also referred to as the Pontic Scythians, were an ancient Eastern Iranian equestrian nomadic people who had migrated during the 9th to 8th centuries BC fr ...

: ; ) was a king of the

Scythians The Scythians ( or ) or Scyths (, but note Scytho- () in composition) and sometimes also referred to as the Pontic Scythians, were an Ancient Iranian peoples, ancient Eastern Iranian languages, Eastern Iranian peoples, Iranian Eurasian noma ...

in the early 5th century BCE.

Name

Ariapeithes's name originates from the

name , and is composed of the terms , meaning "

Aryan ''Aryan'' (), or ''Arya'' (borrowed from Sanskrit ''ārya''), Oxford English Dictionary Online 2024, s.v. ''Aryan'' (adj. & n.); ''Arya'' (n.)''.'' is a term originating from the ethno-cultural self-designation of the Indo-Iranians. It stood ...

" and "Iranian," and , meaning "decoration" and "adornment."

Life

had three wives, each of whom bore him one son: *an unnamed Greek woman from , who became the mother of *an unnamed daughter of the

Thracian The Thracians (; ; ) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied the area that today is shared between north-eastern Greece, ...

king Tērēs I, who became the mother of *a Scythian woman named (; ), who became the mother of (; )

Death

was treacherously killed by , the king of the

Agathyrsi The Agathyrsi were an ancient people belonging to the Scythian cultures who lived Pryazovia before being later displaced by the Scythians into the Transylvanian Plateau, in the region that later became Dacia. The Agathyrsi are largely known fro ...

, after which became the king of the Scythians, and took his stepmother as one of his wives.

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* * * * * {{s-end Scythian kings People from the Bosporan Kingdom 5th-century BC monarchs 5th-century BC Iranian people